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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Too Much News?

Sometimes I think I watch too much TV news, or spend time surfing the net for what is going on now. I don't really want to, but I have trouble not going back to it too often. Usually it is the same thing over and over and over, and it really does not help me to be a better person. I saw something on... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 31, 2016

Burial Dilemma

“Never did tombs look so ghastly white. Never did cypress, or yew, or juniper so seem the embodiment of funeral gloom. Never did tree or grass wave or rustle so ominously. Never did bough creak so mysteriously, and never did the far-away howling of dogs send such a woeful presage through the night.”... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Human Nocturnal Sounds

The sirens have been happening suddenly and often, and unexpectedly, and without clearly known causes or relationships. Some of them have been much louder than others, which I take to mean they are closer. Some are off in the distance and moving farther away, or closer. I cannot tell the difference... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Mahna Mahna

Finally, a day wherein I feel like a human being has come. Rousting about for days on end with loved ones from afar, which I have not hugged in eons, nor laughed with, nor dined with in ever so long, makes one overdo and wear oneself out without even realizing it. When they finally flew away, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 20, 2016

Apiforms About

Last day of Habitat III Quito Conference in Ecuador has finished. Nephew Caleb was happy to be one of a group of academicians representing Yale. He is always doing something interesting, productive and lucrative in some way. I think he takes after his Auntie Betty (TAPS). While he was doing that, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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