Friday, November 01, 2024

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Back to December (2010) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) Taylor Swift sings that when her mind wanders, ...
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November Challenge: Day 1

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Find the challenge here November Challenge: Five ways to win your heart. •  Indulge my passions. Listen to me talk about baseball, The Beatl...

Look what I found!

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 I did this challenge back in 2013 . I wonder how my 2024 answers will compare ...
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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #384

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My second 13 books of 2024. I wish I had something to say about Halloween, but I don't. So instead I'm turning my att...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Dear Baseball

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Dear Baseball, why do you do me like you do? Anthony Rizzo's last at-bat of the season -- maybe his last as a Yankee and possibly even ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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  WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click ...
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Happy Birthday, Dear Kwizgiver!

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Hope you have a ball! Or a skein, if you prefer. If you aren't reading Kwizgiver, you should!  You can find her here . Why not go there ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024

Teaser Tuesday

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Here's how to play. • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page •  BE CAREFU...
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Sunday, October 27, 2024

Sunday Stealing

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15 More of the 200 Questions   What’s your guilty pleasure? There are some genuinely awful 70s pop songs that make me happy when I hear them...
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Friday, October 25, 2024

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Me and Bobby McGee (1971) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) The song begins with Janis telling us about a...
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Three years, thirty years

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So much good food, good conversation and good feelings this week! First, I reunited with friends from my last agency job. It was me, my art...
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Get ready

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On November 4, I'm joining in Mimi's Blogblast for Peace . Why don't you do the same? It would be lovely if we filled the b...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #383

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  My last 13 texts.   I don't like texting. I can't touch-text like I do on this laptop keyboard, and I get frustrated. So I use the...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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  WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, click  h...
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Monday, October 21, 2024

Teaser Tuesday

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Here's how to play. • Grab your current read • Open to a random page • Share “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page ...
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Upon Closer Examination

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 I know I tend to examine photos of my favorite ballplayer, Anthony Rizzo, as though they are frames of the Zapruder film. But I found somet...
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As MAGA clutches their pearls ...

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Oh, the hypocrisy gets thick! I read all the time in blog posts, tweets, etc., that "libs" are vulgar and have no class. We swear ...
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Sunday, October 20, 2024

All Is Right in My World

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Anthony Rizzo returns to the World Series! Notice how his right hand is all taped up, except for his thumb. That's because he has two fr...
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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Saturday 9

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  Saturday 9: Autumn in New York (1947) Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear it here . 1) In this song, Frank Sinatra sings that autu...
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Frown turns upside down

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I admit it: I've been struggling more than I imagined I would. Losing my dear friends, John and Henry, has broken my heart. Yes, it is ...
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Thursday Thirteen #382

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  13 ways to prepare chicken.   I admit it: I don't cook. But I do dine. I was recently at an upscale restaurant and noticed four differ...
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