Category: Entertainment
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Peace River Lives Up to Its Name
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe took an airboat ride on the Peace River yesterday. It’s interesting to see Florida about 15 miles inland, away from the coastal communities and hub bub of the beaches and tourist traps that are stereotypical of the Florida in northerners minds. It’s unexpectedly beautiful and more peaceful than I’d imagined.… Read more
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Uniquely Portable Magic
Reading Time: 4 minutesI love books. I love reading. I read for pleasure, to gain knowledge, to learn history, for other perspectives, to increase my imagination, to help prevent cognitive decline. Reading has significantly expanded my vocabulary and improved my writing skill. Reading has enriched my life and taken me, physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally,… Read more
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Laugh! It’s great for the soul.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI used to google “belly laugh comedies” and hope we found a funny movie to watch that wasn’t too stupid, too profane and/or too violent for our taste. It rarely worked out. This week I stumbled on a YouTube channel called Drybar Comedy. Though I’ve only watched 4 of the hundreds… Read more
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Pop Culture Illiterate
Reading Time: 4 minutesRandy and I live in a little bubble of our own making. At home we have a TV, but use it almost exclusively as a giant computer monitor. The last time we turned it on as a TV was to check the score of the Super Bowl. Three or four years ago… Read more
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Feel Free to Sing Along
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs promised, here are a couple of other Whirlwind songs for your listening pleasure. Or a good laugh. Your choice. Regardless, they’re happy memories for us. Just click on the image and the songs should play. Read more
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Perfect Peace
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI went to the beach twice this week. Both days were perfect. The water and the air were calm and warm, nearly identical in temperature, which means the water wasn’t too cold and the air wasn’t too hot. My friends and I spent hours just floating, completely without effort. The feeling… Read more
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5 Songs That Make Me REALLY Happy
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSmile all day. And pray for tune nag. Not necessarily in any order. Suite Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby Stills Nash Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison Dancing Queen – Abba Firebird Fly – Little Big Town (I’d previously said Pontiac by Little Big Town but I got my car songs… Read more
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Back to Fiction: What I’m Reading This Summer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBeach Reads, Of Course Jimmy Buffet. I didn’t know he even wrote books. But hey, he’s rich and can do whatever he wants because he’s the guy behind all the Margaritaville commercialism. I suspect that Jimmy Buffet has lots of “people” who run his commercial enterprises, which probably leaves him with… Read more