The Chipmunks Ate My Pumpkin

Tee’s Review:   In my neighborhood, the bears are ravaging the pumpkins this year in their attempt to fatten up before hibernation! One family had multiple pumpkins sloppily gobbled from their front porch. Either that, or some trickster in a bear costume was on a pre-Halloween night mischief run. I love…

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The Vote 2020

Maurice’s Review:  Finger condoms! What will they think of next? I really needed one today when I got gas and had to tap the on-screen buttons. I’m sure they disinfect that screen every month. I cast my first ballot in 1974.  I don’t remember it at all.  Some elections are…

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More Than One Way

Robert’s Review:  A slow and graceful journey of discovery, only occasionally disturbed by barking and howls from the dog in the basement. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The two-day tai chi teacher certification course was being held on the UNCA campus.  I became anxious and frustrated with the last-minute email announcing we were required…

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DI Why?

Anne’s Review: Kudos for taking on and completing your ottoman despite the uncooperative staple gun and the detritus of foam debris—-you are a rock star! I struggled with deciding whether to sew the sides together first and then attach it to the top piece, or to sew each side to…

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Living on a Screen

Tee’s Review:   It amazes me every day, the energy we spend attempting to replace the all-important human need for close physical contact with others during this plague. I had a strange vision, a nightmare, that there was a hole in my stomach into which I could insert a portable external…

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Rhetorical Research

Carol H’s Review: While researching “internet rabbit hole GPS device” I came to a site stating simply: “You have reached the end of the Internet. Turn around and go back.”  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When I started Living with Ethel, with the intent to share my writing, I vowed I would apply the…

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Dungeons and Fashions

Chelsea’s Review: A good example of a 2020 nightmare is having to go down into a creepy basement in order to find a way to survive. #################################### As I looked down toward my fanny pack, rummaging around to find some cash to pay for my 99¢ bananas, my mask slipped…

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Buttons and Goats

Robert’s Review:  While filled with great suggestions for the adventurous shopper (I think the T-Rex would look great as yard art in our front yard), it also just reminds me that I need to start thinking about shopping for Christmas myself. Around December 2 of just about every year, I…

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The E Words

Michelle’s Review:  An enlightening and empowering read that leaves one with a feeling that there is always something we can focus on no matter how things feel right now. &&&&&&&& The days blend together.  I try to keep track of what I want to do each day, but some chores…

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