animals and nature
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lifestyle choices
and their cumulative effects At my age, the joke about “getting old is not for sissies” has just become a mantra used for comic relief. Getting old is NOT for sissies. Things may slow down, and you may be fortunate enough to have a plan in place… …but that doesn’t stop the challenges. Even transhumanism…
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is it Groundhog Day?
or just beginning to feel repetitive? Back in late 2019, I was reading a lot in The Epoch Times about crazy goings on in China. By the end of January 2020, nearly everyone had heard murmurings about some kind of rare new illness. By the middle of February 2020, the first cruise ship had been…
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brrrr….
winter..ugh….. We don’t get much winter here in the Lowcountry. It’s a few days at a time, and it usually warms up to the high 60s and low 70s in between. But every few years there is a winter where the ugliness from the arctic sweeps low and tried to stick around. 2011 was like…
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the twilight zone
is falling apart And not a moment too soon The world’s Number One tennis player was refused a VISA to play in Nazi Australia, where the unvaxxed are put into camps. He has become a world hero for having the integrity to give up his chance at breaking a world record. He has won in…
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“No Children No Pets”
just joking That was the name of one of my favorite childhood books. I can still see the pale pastel colors on the cover, and it’s probably why I moved to the South 55 years ago. The story was cute. The family moved to a funky apartment building on a beach in south Florida, back…
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slow tv…who knew?
20 years ago, when we quit smoking, we bought a giant projection TV as our gift to ourselves for the money we would save not smoking. That particular TV was the top of its line at the time but the end of that line, with other formats on the horizon. But it was a known…
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in like a lion?
I know that applies to March, and includes “going out like a lamb,” but maybe we should start applying it to the year! This weekend had some days in the low 80s, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. And the 2nd was stormy all day. But that night? Big bands of heavy rain and…
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it’s bowl game time
or is it? I used to be a sports fanatic. Everyone in New England grew up with the Red Sox. They were our regional religion. And a few years later my brother-in-law would play for them. So, Sox. (There was no pro football team in New England when I was young. The “Patriots” were a…
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Boxing Day y’all!
and it doesn’t mean to hit anyone… The Brits gave it to themselves to commemorate the successful conclusion of the Boxer Rebellion, if I’m not mistaken. But it’s really just to make sure you always have a holiday on the day after Christmas — that’s my theory! A day to continue to relax and enjoy…
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Merry Christmas y’all
It doesn’t matter if it is a day and a solstice purloined from pagans. Jesus was still born in a stable in Bethlehem. And the shepherds saw the stars flashing in the sky and heard the angels singing the praises to the Son of God. It doesn’t matter if you think Joseph was fooled by…
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