Category: Entertainment
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Grandma and Grandpa On The Farm
Reading Time: 2 minutesMy good friend, Mary, who lives in Missouri, recently lost her mother-in-law, who was a doll collector. Mary doesn’t have much interest in dolls, but she’s always loved this pair. Here’s her note to me about this picture: “My heart has always been on the farm, I loved spending as much time… Read more
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Bad Movies and Other Distractions
Reading Time: 4 minutesI like Hallmark movies. A lot. I like to have them playing on my tablet while I’m putting a puzzle together out on the lanai. Neither one of those activities take too much brain power so I can easily do both at once. It’s a great two-fer activity…exercising my mind and indulging… Read more
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Wordle
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m addicted to a relatively new, once-a-day, on-line game. Called Wordle, it’s named after its inventor, a Welsh software engineer named Josh Wardle (convenient, huh?). A player has 6 tries to guess a 5 letter word. Feedback is given to players in the form of color tiles. Green means the correct… Read more
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If Money Were No Object
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs I was contemplating subject matter for this week’s post, nothing inspired me. Absolutely nothing. So, here it is, Tuesday morning, 7:38 am, and though I mostly wrote a post yesterday on minimalism, it was (as I mentioned) completely uninspiring. It had no purpose and would be an effort of which I… Read more
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Split Personality??
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn December 31, 1899, Captain John Phillips was navigating the passenger-cargo ship SS Warrimoo when his crew informed him that they were approaching the equator. Captain Phillips had his navigator double check their position, and then adjusted the course and speed of the Warrimoo so that at exactly 12 a.m., the ship… Read more
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New Author, Fun Book Series
Reading Time: 2 minutesI recently discovered an author I’d never heard of before. I ran across a book called While We Were Watching Downton Abbey at a used book store. It was a such a fun read I decided to research the author. To my surprise I found that she’s written more than 10 books,… Read more
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Presidents on the Bucket List
Reading Time: 4 minutesDuring the Obama presidency, I watched (in horror) the country seemed to become more and more polarized by social and political division. I wondered if how I (and many of my friends and family) felt was anything like the mood of the people during the American Revolution. Because of my intense natural… Read more
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Avatar 2 3D Movie Review
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMy best friend, Lynn (Randy’s sister) and I watched the first Avatar a few days ago to prepare us to see the sequel in 3D this week. Since it’s been 13 years between Avatar and Avatar 2, and because I’m not a movie buff, I remembered almost nothing of the first… Read more
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Fire and Water
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhy is it that we can stare at campfires and beach waves for long periods of time? Here’s a video link to a video I took one day on the beach. What’s the fascination? Why are people compelled to sit around a campfire or on a beach for hours? Why do… Read more
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Happy Pappy’s Glowing Balls
Reading Time: 2 minutesI laugh ever time I think about Happy Pappy’s Glowing Balls. You KNOW where my mind goes! That’s why (from someone who holds a degree in Marketing) the name of this business is so brilliant. Unforgettable. Last year, Kristine and Gary gifted us with two glowing balls like those in the photo,… Read more