Star, “Bird Sociologist”

I would never presume to call myself a bird watcher because I can’t identify different birds by their technical names, nor do I know their mating or migration habits.  But this summer, maybe because my balcony is directly across from the top of a mulberry tree and the fact that I have a good zoom [...]

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A Touch Of Macho…

A strange, but funny thing happened to me Friday and, since I’m as willing to laugh at myself as the next person, I decided to go ahead and share it with you. 
First of, let me explain that this summer I’ve been wearing a pedometer almost every day.  I don’t do it to achieve any [...]

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Midwest Meltdown!

It’s official.  The unrelenting humidity is starting to slowly but surely melt my brain !  I’m serious.
The  Midwest has been hit by day after day of ninety-plus degree temperatures and humidity which is at what the experts call “dangerous levels.”  Throughout the city there have been numerous cases of heat exhaustion and several deaths already.  [...]

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What Is Hell Like?

Inspired by the weather where I live, I’ve been giving some thought as to what hell might be like.  I know there are descriptions in the Bible and other scholarly works, but we don’t really have any first-hand accounts, do we?  I’ve come up with three possibilities…
Hell could be being forced to spread tar on [...]

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Gone, But Not Forgotten

She was so young, just a girl really, at twenty-eight, but also a wife and a mother.  When she dolled herself up, she had  an old-school kind of glamour and loved vamping it up with red lipstick, flashy jewelry and exotic perfume.  When I’d watch her at her dressing table getting ready to go out, [...]

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Cloud Patrol – Episode 5

Unfortunately, all the storms we’ve been having out my way have managed to wash a lot of the clouds away for too many days.  But, ever the optimist,  I have continued to do my “sky checks,” and have managed to come up with three for you today.
This first one is the most difficult to see.  [...]

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Ponderings…

Lately we’ve been going through a series of very intense rainstorms, day and night.  They’re the type during which you have to turn on lights mid-morning because it’s so dark outside.  For some reason weather like that finds me musing over things more than usual.
For example, the morning after the storm, I noticed that the [...]

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Goodbye to “The Unusuals”

A couple of posts ago, I went on a rant about what could very well be one of the worst shows on television, “I’m A Celebrity,Get Me Out of Here!”  So I feel it’s only fair to give equal time to a show which has really won my heart because of its wonderfully likable cast [...]

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E-Cigarette Update

Those of you who read this post last week know that I had entered into an experiment – to try out electronic cigarettes and see how they measure up to actual smoking.  Since then, several of you have asked me how it’s going and what I think…
I have now been using them about a week [...]

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Bits and Pieces – Episode 5

Well, it’s Friday already, and, as usual, I have the odd thought and photo just hanging around awaiting their turn.  So, here goes.
1) Today is the big switchover to all digital TV.  Being one of the few people left who resist getting cable TV, I made preparations a long time ago.  I’m a good example [...]

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