Friday, January 29, 2021

Tech Blues

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 Yesterday I had another frustrating encounter with technology. The video trial period had run out on my Ring Doorbell. I received notice th...
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Thursday, January 28, 2021

Juggling

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I have a short entry this week because the discussion seems pretty straightforward. I’m always amazed at my friends who juggle different wri...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Developing A Tough Skin

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  Reading Tom’s and Rick’s posts from the last couple days reminds me that writing is not for the faint of heart. At least if you want to be...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

File under: You Can’t Please ’Em All

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By Rick Blechta You’ve just got to read Tom Kies’ post (just below this post). I read that and was laughing out loud — really. “It takes ...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Weird Mail

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 By Thomas Kies This week has been a very good week…mostly.  It’s a new day in America, vaccines are rolling out (although, it’s a rocky roa...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

Listening to the World

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 I have to admit that I am much more visual than aural as I move through the world. I love colors and shapes and visual connections. I like ...
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Thursday, January 21, 2021

More Virtual Book Launching

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 Oh my God, people, what a week, month, year it has been. Today is inauguration day, so I've spent most of the day glued to the televisi...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Planning a virtual book launch; Part 1, hair tearing and panic attacks

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Today, as you read this, the United States and most of the world are collectively holding our breath, hoping for peace while fearing the wor...
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Monday, January 18, 2021

A box of issues

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 Hi - Douglas Skelton in the hotseat again from cold and damp Scotland. It's a funny old thing, the English language. I mean, there are ...
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Friday, January 15, 2021

The Mob and Me

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This has been a dreadful week. Doubly so for me as it brought back frightening memories. In 1963 my husband I were at the center of the infa...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021

A week or a lifetime?

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My calendar says I last posted two weeks ago. The newscycle says time is no longer linear (if it ever was). I sat glued to the TV last week ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

My Year In Books, 2020

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  It’s time for my annual reading wrap-up. A much more fun topic than everything that’s going on in the world right now. In 2020 I “consumed...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

So what do you say after last week?

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by Rick Blechta I have been trying to come up with a topic for this week and it’s as if I’ve my brain is frozen. Anyone who’s old enough...
Monday, January 11, 2021

Puppies and Pandemic Road Trips

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  By Thomas Kies I was going to do a sequel to my blog “Recipe for a Thriller No One Would Believe” about the insurrection at the Capitol in...
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Friday, January 08, 2021

One of Those Days

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Well, it's one of those days after one of those weeks. I had a topic in mind for today's post, but life has intruded. My cat, Harry,...
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Thursday, January 07, 2021

A Virtual Book Launch - Yea or Nay?

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My plan for this entry is to write about virtual book launches. I am writing this on Jan. 6. I am depressed. I lived through the upheaval of...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2021

Onward into the unknown

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 Like my fellow Type M'ers this past week (along with just about everyone on the planet), I am thrilled to boot 2020 out the door. More ...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2021

Something beyond your grasp

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By Rick Blechta Here’s a thought for my first post of a brand-new year: Regardless of how many things you can do with accomplishment, is the...
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Sunday, January 03, 2021

Keeping the faith

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 Douglas Skelton calling from a snowy part of Scotland. OK, it's probably nothing compared to what some parts of the US of A experience ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020

Resolute

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It’s the last day of 2020, the end of a trying year. For many it’s been a downright shitty year. Losses, in one form or another, upon more l...