I had a couple remarkably lucid dreams last night, one of them confrontational, the other mystical and magical.   CONFRONTATIONAL DREAM   In the confrontational dream, I was with my far-right sister and two of her male friends, who looked like Neanderthal knuckle-draggers to me.  (Not at all like my younger sister’s actual friends, most…

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Yesterday Lisa and I spent ten hours helping Ben Taylor move from Olympia to Lakewood/Tacoma to be closer so that getting together more often isn’t such a challenge. (Ben, and Edward Smith of Yelm, often accompany us when we go somewhere special or have holiday celebrations, so having Ben closer makes doing so a lot…

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First thing this morning, I spent an hour digging out the small mini-garden that has been giving me grief for years and replaced it.   I dug out the soil that was peppered with perennial paperwhite (I think) bulbs that the previous owner had planted there before we moved in 14 or 15 years ago.…

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“Burn Your Maps”  on Amazon Prime is AMAZING!!! Be sure to check it out when you get the chance. NOW would be a good time! If you have Amazon prime, it’s free to view.     SPOILERS AHEAD. IF YOU INTEND TO WATCH THE MOVIE, IT MIGHT BE BEST TO COME BACK AFTER YOU’VE SEEN…

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Yesterday I ran across an article that chapped my hide.   Far right white supremacist patriarchal ideologues — the same sort of folks who are now proclaiming that the January 6th insurrection was  “legitimate political discourse” and that the disgraced and twice-impeached former president will remain their ever-present mouthpiece and Leader (Fuhrer/Savior) of choice —…

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Every so often (but very rarely), I get a snarky comment from people who don’t know me, have never met me, but consider themselves experts on my “motives” for having befriended and eventually cared for (as a personal assistant and caregiver) actor DeForest Kelley and written several books about him.   They pose as having…

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My sister Laurel (left) and me, 1952  (Looks like I think I’m being abducted here!!!)   My two most memorable childhood Christmases happened while my family lived in Spanaway, Washington in the 1950’s.   Although I never considered us a poor family as a kid (what does a kid know about finances?), I now realize…

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This is the link to test #3 of my upcoming podcast EVER NEW, which will debut officially on January 15th 2022 at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Time. ENJOY! My transgender journey gets explained a little more than half way through, for those of you who haven’t read my book on this topic yet! https://www.facebook.com/KristineMSmith/videos/313674210480342/?notif_id=1640315100838990&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

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My first-ever podcast “EVER NEW with Kris M. Smith” will debut on January 15, 2022 on my Facebook page and elsewhere. Here’s the scoop.   ABOUT THE PODCAST   “EVER NEW with Kris M. Smith IS ABOUT LIVING OUT LOUD, FORGING LASTING CONNECTIONS, AND VISITING WITH EFFERVESCENT THINKERS AND DREAMERS. IT’S AN UPLIFTING HOUR THAT…

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