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Y is for Yellowstone
September 27, 2023
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9/27/2023

R is for Reading
July 20, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

Remember how I was writing a post for every letter of the alphabet? Then I went to Newfoundland. 

I've got FOUR suggestions for S so will probably collpase them into one. I don't have suggestions for T and U and W and Y. If you want to suggest topics for those letters, .. the light is on and the drive-up window is open! 

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7/20/2023

A-Z A Fine Romance .....
June 8, 2023
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6/8/2023

Len and I are about to take a trip that’s been in the works since January - you know I will post about it when we get back. Meantime, here’s a story I wrote long ago that I still like and think about a lot. I probably should post this at Valentine’s Day but, hey, we’re at the letter Q.

A-Z P is for Procrastination
June 2, 2023
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6/2/2023

Procrastination. Or how the American Revolution was won. 

"You can lead a horse to water but you can't grant him the serenity to accept the things he cannot change.” (Tweet by Bob Golen) 

P is the next letter to write about in this project to write an essay for every letter of the alphabet. Someone suggested Procrastination.

A-Z Observation
May 24, 2023
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5/24/2023   O is for Observation

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a pre-telescope Danish astronomer who looked at the sky more precisely than anyone before him had done. He was obsessively careful about measuring what he saw and he studied the sky every night he could. To accomplish what he wanted he reinvented and fine-tuned the sky-gauging tools of his era – sextant and quadrant.

M is for Various Mom Memories
May 14, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

If you haven’t read yesterday’s comments, go back to read some wonderful memories of peoples’ aunts and “aunts”.

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A-Z M is for Aunts
May 13, 2023
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5/13/2023 

Reprint of old column from 5/22/2004 

Happy Mother's Day to all the women who raised us! 

The photo is a glamor shot of me in one of my action-packed mothering years. The red box was their playhouse and I sincerely hope those were shoes I wore solely for gardening, but who know?
Mothers
May 10, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

This was first published May 10, 2002

A-Z Nope
May 6, 2023
Posted by Mary Beth

5/3/2023

I will bet you real money I am the only person who will compare the 2022 movie "Nope" directed by Jordan Peele with the novel "The Yoga of Max’s Discontent" by Karan Bajaj.

A-Z Lady
April 26, 2023
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4/26/2023

What makes a lady a Lady?

In December 1760 in Plympton, Massachusetts (50 miles southwest of Boston) Deborah Sampson, descendant of Mayflower pilgrims, was born. Little Deborah’s life was going to be tough but she would prevail with strength and imagination.