Random 5 for September 17, 2023 – WordPress, scammers, porking up, allergies, transitions

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Hello WordPress, what’s going on? – The prepubescent cherubs at WordPress have been fooling around with the reader feature. It used to be that I could easily access someone’s post on their blog with one click from the reader. No … Continue reading

Random 5 for April 15 – S’mores, mice, weather, outdoor living, blogging problem

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In memoriam – Goodbye sweet S’mores frap, it was a good run. I’ll miss you! Whenever I like something you can depend on it being discontinued. This week I found out that the Starbucks S’Mores frappucino will not be coming … Continue reading

Random 5 for January 22 – Gloria Steinem, political unrest, gifts, technology, Gracie

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History repeats itself – Yesterday I heard Gloria Steinem’s speech and it was awesome. I was around in the 60s when we protested for all sorts of equality. Here we are 50 years later still protesting. Kudos to my friends … Continue reading

Blogging – the agony and the ecstasy

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I’m old. I don’t like reading on my cell phone. My fingers aren’t nimble enough to do much correspondence there. It’s an important tool for peeps on the go (I’m a “butt on the chair” type of person myself). I’m … Continue reading

Random 5 for February 28 – Poinsettias, smells, restrooms, cherry pie, WordPress Reader

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Tenacious sucker – It used to be that poinsettias would barely make it to Christmas without looking leggy. Bottom leaves dropped as soon as you paid for them. They didn’t wait to see their new adopted home. Now they are … Continue reading

Random 5 for October 18 – inflatables, friendship, WordPress, cats, seasons

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Dirty laundry – It started early this year. People letting their dirty laundry out on the lawn. Driving past at night you will find inflatable pumpkins, witches and whatnot but during the day, it’s all dirty laundry littering the yards. … Continue reading

Four years going strong

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Without readers there are no writers! Today it’s been four years since I first hit the Publish button. What a ride! I have learned a lot about the internet and I like to think my writing improved. It improved from reading … Continue reading

It’s not me, it’s you!

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No really, it is you. The internet says so. It all started innocently enough. At first my computer would flash a warning screen when I went to a merchandise site. (I was sure the beloved husband had it installed when … Continue reading

A mysterious admirer or……

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Writers are a needy bunch. We say we write for ourselves and we do. We don’t care if anyone else reads it. However… When someone enjoys something we wrote we are over the moon. Seriously over the moon. Like ‘call … Continue reading

It’s three years and going!

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Without readers there are no writers! It’s been three years since I started this blog. Holy cow! Blogging has been good to me in unforeseen ways. I learned how to operate my camera AND download (or is it upload?) photos. I … Continue reading