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Category Archives: America
Baby, Baby, Baby
(Now you may have James Brown stuck in your head, as I do.) Here I go again, another topic attributed to me where I have no idea why I proposed it. Have you ever had an encounter with a baby … Continue reading
Posted in America, animals, big plans, Daily life, experiences, Family, friends, Life, memories, Miscellaneous, pets, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce
Tagged bunnies, possums, wild animal babies, wild birds
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Call Me, I’ll Be Afraid, But Just Call Me
I have a strange phenomenon in my neighborhood. There are a few dogs and cats that come into my yard who let me talk to them, and even start to approach them, but if I say their names, they … Continue reading
Posted in America, animals, Daily life, experiences, free week, Miscellaneous, misunderstandings, pets, Random thoughts, shyness, Tonette Joyce
Tagged friendly pets, neighbor's pets, Neighbors, pet's names
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“A Little Gift From Friends From Out of Town”
hat is the last movie you watched? The last I saw in a theater was either the last Harry Potter movie or the last of the original string of Johnny Depp Pirates of the Caribbean movies. As you can tell, … Continue reading
Posted in agents, America, characters, classics, contemporary, descriptions, fantasy, Fantasy vs Reality, friends, imagination, jobs, libraries, Life, Miscellaneous, movies, paranormal, pronunciations, Random thoughts, reviews, Science Fiction, series, Tonette Joyce, What if
Tagged Flashy-thingy, Men in Black, Noisy Cricket, SiobhanFallon, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith
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Author Contract Cancelled Because
“the Public Wouldn’t Support Two Books on the Same Subject” Jeff Salter’s Spotlight of Sanora Babb’s Novel [Whose Names Are Unknown]That Threatened Steinbeck’s and Was Shelved for Some Six Decades It was the back story – rather than the “subject” … Continue reading
Posted in America, authors, book review, history, Jeff Salter
Tagged Dust Bowl, Sanora Babb, Whose Names Are Unknown
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Boxing Day
Well, actually, it’s Good Friday, but I let myself store too many things in what would be used as a ‘guest’ room, and a few weeks ago my 18-year-old grandkid found that where she was staying was not working out … Continue reading
Posted in America, big plans, blessings, Daily life, Dealing with stress, decisions, experiences, Family, food, free week, guests, helping others, holidays, Life, memories, procrastination, Tonette Joyce, traditions
Tagged boxing, Easter, Family moving in, family visits, Good Friday, rearranging, telegrams, Thanksgiving
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Personal Growth
Do you garden at all? When I was in Colorado, I had a townhouse. It had a fair-sized yard, but the back was two-thirds deck and the rest was generally shady, which was great for the kids playing, but not great … Continue reading
Posted in advice, America, battles, big plans, contemporary, Daily life, Dealing with stress, descriptions, experiences, Family, food, goals, inspiration, Life, lifestyles, memories, Miscellaneous, Random thoughts, spring, summer, Tonette Joyce, using talents, Validation, weather
Tagged gardening, growing vegetables
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Down to (Rich) Earth
This week The Hound asked: If you could spend one evening in a multi-millionaire’s home:1. what’s the first thing you’d want to see?2. what would you expect to find? NOT expect to find?3. what could ruin that experience (of spending … Continue reading
Posted in America, art, authors, Daily life, descriptions, experiences, lifestyles, memories, personal libraries, Random thoughts, Tonette Joyce
Tagged gardens, homes, Housekeepers, lifestyles, medica rooms, millionaires, Millionaires' homes, parlors, party houses, personal staff, powder rooms
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New Stars, Old Stars
Just a short post today because I had not anticipated how what should have been a simple procedure turned out to be a drawn-out recovery from oral surgery. Had I realized, I would have gotten my post done earlier, like … Continue reading
Posted in America, book series, characters, classics, descriptions, dialogue, Family, favorite books, memories, movies, procrastination, reading, reading preferences, Tonette Joyce, TV series, using talents, writers, writing
Tagged Andor, Boba Fett, discussing writing, Disney, Disney Plus Famous actors, GOOD acting, Obi-Wan Kenobi, reading together, Star Wars, Star Wars series, Watching together
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