Right now I’m hooked on books by Roland Merullo. I’ve read Breakfast with Buddha, Lunch with Buddha, and Dinner with Buddha and am now in the middle of American Savior. Good stuff.   Merullo is an enjoyable writer to hang with…thought-provoking, too, which is always good.   The Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner books comprise a…

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My First Cat Timothy Mom and Dad brought the first pets into our home. Timothy was your typical tabby-striped cat. I named him after my cousin, Tim Smith. Timothy was neutered, laid back, imperturbable, and decidedly perfect for a first pet—when treated right! In fact, he was even perfect for a pet when perturbed, because…

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Yesterday George (my nephew Phil’s father-in-law), Lisa and I helped Jackie (my sister) pack Christmas gifts from one room into two other rooms at a high school in Parkland in preparation for tomorrow’s Winterfest event. I may end up there this morning, too, but won’t know for a while. There are supposed to be additional…

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The chief lesson from Standing Rock is this: “When people stand together, we win.”   When we allow politics, “isms” and “phobias”(sexism, racism, xenophobia, homophobia) to divide us into warring camps, we lose.   Tribes across the nation united as one at Standing Rock. For months. Military veterans united and arrived in droves to put…

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I am a Merry KrisSmith today. I got a refurbished Acer CPU at Amazon this week. It has Windows 10 on it and is lightning fast compared to the dinosaur I’ve been using for the past four or five years.   The external hard drive that someone sold me a year and a half ago…

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Kris and Kritters: A Love Story There has been one constant in my life: Critters. Critters galore. Critters in abundance. (I’ve written two books about some of my encounters.) Mom told me she knew something was up early on: “Birds and butterflies landed on you. It was like something out of Disney.”   I love…

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My Amazon review of TIPPI: A Memoir ‘TIPPI’ is Top Notch Tremendous By Kristine M. Smith on December 2, 2016 Although Tippi Hedren always been a hero (and champion) of mine since the first day we talked on the phone and she welcomed my “serval son” Deaken and me into her life at the Shambala…

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WOW!   Something I said in the last blog post caused one person to order all five of my available titles in one fell swoop!  This has never happened before.   She says she’ll be eating Top Ramen for a month to compensate for the outlay, but she’ll enjoy every bite!   I know what it’s…

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“It seems to me that we have a lot of stories yet to tell.” – Walt Disney   We do, indeed!   The King’s Book event did something to me. Something wonderful. It reminded me that there are still a lot of people in the world who are hungry for well-told stories and that, when…

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  Had a seriously wonderful time at King’s Books last night. Several people bought two copies (one as a gift), one friend brought her own copy for me to sign (Yolanda Red Smith Markle) and all but two others bought a copy. I don’t think I’ve ever had a better time at an event of this…

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