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Covid Diary #1154
May 12, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

5/12/2023

Covid Quarantine started March 13, 2020. I started a Covid Diary that very day. I wrote almost daily for several months, until we all realized this was not going to end soon.

A-Z Kittens
April 12, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

As most of you know, we are writing up the alphabet. You suggest and I mull. (Mulled whine?) Kittens and Kites were suggested for the letter K.

A-Z Cats
February 2, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

This is Lil Girl hanging out while I wrote this. 

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2/2/2023

Cats

 “Every family needs a cat so there is someone to blame everything on who won’t actually care.” Quote attributed to Len. 

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Staying Sane, if Possible
March 8, 2022
Posted by Mary Beth

Check out Fresh Air for March 7, 2022: 'New Yorker' cartoonist David Sipress. He mentions this cartoon that he created back in the 1990's. 

Three Things (Well, Four) 7/1/2021
July 1, 2021
Posted by Mary Beth

Bill Cosby is out of prison on a technicality. The judge said 40-year-old Britney Spear still can’t run her own life. Yesterday 88-year-old war criminal* Donald Rumsfeld died comfortably in his bed.

Several things NOT about the election 11/3/2020
November 3, 2020
Posted by Mary Beth

(Unripe tomatillos are beautiful.)

Today I am sharing some thoughts not about the election.

I plan to have very strong feelings once the winner of the presidential election, plus the many down-ballot contests, are known. If there is craziness and violence and civil uproar, I will care right away.