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The Robin Welcome Wagon

Two years ago, a pair of American Robins built a nest on top of the electric meter box near our front door. (See this post: The Endless Quest for...

Tech Voice

Your Blog – What Do Your Visitors See?

I give my blog a make-over now and then. (WordPress.com has so many themes to try). When I test drive a new one, I ask a few friends to...

Naturalist Voice

Right Place, Right Time

Every now and then (but not if I’m in a line-up at the store) I’m in the Right Place at the Right Time! Here are three photos to illustrate...

Naturalist Voice

We’ve Got Owlets!

A Great Horned Owl Family in our front yard! Story and Lots of Photos at my blog Chirps and Buzzes – Great Horned Owl Family.

Crone Voice

The Internet is Watching You

Hello! Is this Gordon’s Pizza? Google: No sir, it’s Google’s Pizza. Did I dial the wrong number? Google: No sir, Google bought the pizza store. Oh, alright – then...

Writers Voice

WordPress.com – Upsetting the Balance

As of the end of this month (and 2,000 Daily Prompts, 380 Photo Challenges, 260 Community Pools, and 100 First Fridays later), we will no longer publish new posts,...

December 23, 2017

Christmas Tangle 2017 – A Star

Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this...

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July 13, 2017

Would Grandma Approve?

A Collage of Doilies. What would Grandma think if she saw some of her handiwork hanging on the wall!?...

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January 30, 2017

Christmas Tangle 2016 – Pine Needles

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June 2, 2016

Spare Time Crafting Stories – Knitting

My mom was a knitter. She knit in her spare time – but she could knit in ‘unspare’ time...

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May 29, 2018

The Internet is Watching You

Hello! Is this Gordon’s Pizza? Google: No sir, it’s Google’s Pizza. Did I dial the wrong number? Google: No...

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May 24, 2018

The Upside to Absent-mindedness

For some reason there is a malfunction, some disconnect, between my imaginary hello and, well, my actual hello… Just...

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February 18, 2018

Land of the Left – Santa is Being Relocated

Here in the ‘Land of the Left’ (Canada) our Government is attempting to cut our 1.69% of the world’s...

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February 8, 2018

Increase Your Chances of Being Right

In “post-fact culture”, where rationality seems to vanish in the storms of lies and conspiracy theories, beliefs about the...

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December 15, 2017

Bubble

I could have (okay I did) spend hours one afternoon in front of a water fountain – taking photos...

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November 14, 2017

Temporary – Blog Posts, Laundry and Hair Cuts

It is my 8th Anniversary of Blogging. Is that long enough to say blogging isn’t a temporary pastime for...

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September 23, 2017

Layered Treats – S’mores and Rice Krispies

There are many layers of history for the ingredients in this S’mores and Rice Krispies® recipe! – Chocolate has...

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September 13, 2017

The Sad, Silent Coffee Machine

Eldest daughter and her family have been staying with us, on and off, for the past month. This has...

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June 12, 2018

The Robin Welcome Wagon

Two years ago, a pair of American Robins built a nest on top of the electric meter box near...

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June 5, 2018

Right Place, Right Time

Every now and then (but not if I’m in a line-up at the store) I’m in the Right Place...

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May 30, 2018

We’ve Got Owlets!

A Great Horned Owl Family in our front yard! Story and Lots of Photos at my blog Chirps and...

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May 14, 2018

Springtime Blooms – Arizona and Alberta

My Place in the World is in the Garden with my camera! The best part about living part time...

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June 11, 2018

Your Blog – What Do Your Visitors See?

I give my blog a make-over now and then. (WordPress.com has so many themes to try). When I test...

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December 20, 2016

Anticipating a Better Picture – Over the Air Television

One of the things on our Christmas wish list this year was a gift for our TV set. Television...

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April 2, 2015

My First Look at Windows 8.1

Getting comfortable with Windows 8.1 - just before Windows 10 arrives

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July 5, 2013

Apples and Blackberries – My Blackberry is Not Working

Life was so much easier when Apple and Blackberry were just fruits! – Author Unknown – Now-a-days 12 year...

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March 22, 2018

Blanche Russell Rock Houses

A few years ago, after a visit to the Grand Canyon, we drove east on Hgw 64, then north...

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November 6, 2017

A Peek at Bourton-on-the Water

Bourton-on-the-Water is a village in the Cotswolds Area of Gloucestershire, England. The houses and shops in the village are...

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July 9, 2017

Artistic Looking Bridges

Bamberg is an beautiful example of an early medieval town in central Europe. It has a large number of...

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June 13, 2017

RCMP – Law, Order and the Musical Ride

In 1867, Canada became a nation. This year (2017) is Canada’s 150th Birthday! Six years after the Dominion of...

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May 26, 2018

WordPress.com – Upsetting the Balance

As of the end of this month (and 2,000 Daily Prompts, 380 Photo Challenges, 260 Community Pools, and 100...

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November 10, 2017

Ambushed by the Best Paraprosdokians

Paraprosdokians are sentences that ambush you. They have an unexpected shift in meaning in the latter part of a...

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April 20, 2017

‘It Takes One to Know One’ Department

Do you read the comments that come after Internet news articles? Some commenters (usually anonymous) are extremely mean and...

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September 4, 2016

The Unofficial WordPress Undiscovered Club

Maybe you remember “The Never Been Freshly Pressed” Club (NBFP). I started it in 2013 because there were so...

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