Day 3 of Social Distancing

Sandra’s Review:  Very entertaining and well-written ꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳ Day 3 of social distancing.  All of the introverts are planting their gardens, working on their knitting projects and digging out their bird identification books after that sighting in the backyard—it’s springtime! We extroverts are staring at the fingernail grooves in our walls. …

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Door Wars

Robert’s Review:  I see a hit reality show in the works; with romance, drama, and bad smells. ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ I spent eight and a half years working at a gym…in the administrative office.  It was a great job; I got a free membership and the gym was only a mile from…

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Dog, Part 2

Taming the Beast Tee’s Review: Pending….after recovery from her last visit to our house. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ The first time I walked my dog Mindy, I acquired long-lasting damage to my lower back.  Technically, I was not walking a dog but yelling at it and tugging with all my might to…

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Bread of My Father

Ruth’ Review: An aroma inducing read! Pass the butter please! ꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛ ꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛꚛ My father taught me the basics of bread making when I was 12 years old, which struck me as odd since I had never witnessed him baking bread before.  My baking skills had been honed by the Easy…

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Fire and Water

Tamsen’s Review:  Now I’m waiting for the Earth & Wind article to cover all the elements. ?  ꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳ ꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳꙳ When I was a child, my father was a member of the volunteer fire department.  He was not on duty the day there was a fire at our house.  Smoke was pouring…

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Dog, Part 1

Anne’s Review:  Yay! ——- Note:  she also sent me information on a dog training program.  ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ▪ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ With a deep sigh of resignation, I remember what led me to being on my knees at 2:23 in the…

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War and Streaks

Steve’s Review:  A delightful trip down memory lane sometimes has you remembering the silly things and that is a good thing. This one brought a smile to my face, but then again I am a little biased. 😉  When I was sixteen, my father decided that the outside of our…

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