This morning I said goodbye to great new friends. Until four days ago I knew them primarily as Facebook friends. Ashley Cox is from Georgia, Nina Alicia Martinez is from Texas. The two full days went by so fast we felt we were at warp six. The first half day was long (for them)… we…

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U.S Congressman Denny Heck came to The McGavick Center at Clover Park Vocational-Technical College tonight to give an overview of the ongoing Senate investigation into the Trump-Russia connection. The more I see of Denny Heck up close and personal, the better I like him. Talk about “fair and balanced” (a misnomer at Fox, an adequate…

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Mark your calendars! I’ll be interviewed by Walden Hughes about my 30-year friendship with DeForest Kelley on the Yesterday Radio Show on Friday, May 12th at 8:15 p.m. Not sure if it will be LIVE that night or only recorded then. I’ll keep you posted and provide the link when I have it…  

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I never entered the world of politics to run for office because I didn’t want to be broad-brushed as corrupt, as so many representatives are believed to be (and as far too many are)…   But now I find myself in another sea of corruption, it seems…   I got into blogging to connect with…

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“Kristine M. Smith offers a straightforward memoir that many of us raised in a generation that didn’t understand—didn’t KNOW—about ‘such things’ what we have been looking for: A heartfelt story that answers questions we were afraid to ask and turns tolerance to acceptance and compassion—for ourselves or others. ~ Carolyn Howard-Johnson, winner of her community’s…

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My God, my God…   I just watched MOBY DICK starring Patrick Stewart. It was a depiction of single-minded madness. What was most disturbing is that the First Officer aboard the ship had no doubt Captain Ahab was insane; he just couldn’t get his ship mates to mutiny to save their own lives.  It was…

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I don’t know a single person on the planet who doesn’t have at least one book in them.  Alas, not everyone can write a riveting book, so even a fascinating memoir can fail, with so many titles coming out every minute of every day. (Literally! Every. Minute. Of. Every. Day.)   Sound daunting?  It can…

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Yeah, I have Christmas Tree Brain once again.  Womb Man: How I Survived Growing Up in a Booby-Trapped World is in review at Createspace (CS). In 24 hours I can order a galley proof and get it on its way to me.   It was approved once before but then I noticed that the Chapter…

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*SIGH*   I am seriously, deliriously delighted with the way the Womb Man cover turned out. Lisa Twining Taylor of Dancing Goat Web Design just gets better and better by the day–and she started out AMAZING, so I don’t know how that’s even possible!   Oh, yes, I do. Lisa is the learning-est (how do…

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