Monday, August 31, 2026

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I drove to Blackridge this morning to walk my dogs early in the quiet. A woman pulled over in her huge black Suburban, "Haven't see...
Sunday, August 30, 2026

“Did it ever occur to you, Charlie, that tolerance can reach a point where it is no longer tolerance? When that happens, the noble-sounding attitude on which most of us pride ourselves degenerates into weakness and acquiescence.” ― Grace Metalious, Peyton Place

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It was on this day in 30 B.C. that Queen Cleopatra of Egypt killed herself with a snake she had smuggled into her chamber where she was held captive by Octavian, formerly the political rival of her lover Mark Antony.

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The Putinization of America

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 Open your eyes, kids.
Saturday, August 29, 2026

Henry David Thoreau: What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.

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Richard appears to have aged 20 years in two months. He was a tall muscular man in June and now he's a shriveled apple doll on a stick. ...

It will insist on being told

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Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You’ll be amazed at what will come out...
Friday, August 28, 2026

Celebrate the New YMCA Pool

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  *  The swimmers are hand made from sugar!

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A great advantage can be found in accepting hard truths faster than others.  Shane Parrish

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  a poem by David Shumate. Passing Through a Small Town   Here the highways cross. One heads north. One heads east and west. On the corner o...
Thursday, August 27, 2026

Stories lightly disguised. If you see yourself here, you should have behaved better.

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 Motto on the town newspaper header.

Blackridge Massachusetts

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In this area using a turn signal is a sign of weakness as if one's masculinity could leak out onto the road with each blink, forever dep...

Bovines are a Blessing

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 "I can't drink milk in a box. No way," says JP Sagahutu, who consumes about four 8-ounce glasses of milk a day.  He tries to ...

The Siblings

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The siblings were in competition. They both thought travel was a virtue but it was merely a display of money spent. One more stamp on the pa...

The Countdown Clock for the OGRE

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 is here.
Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Romanian Mititei

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  https://www.thefooddictator.com/the-hirshon-romanian-mititei/

Mititei is street food in Romania The Famous Romanian Garlicky Meat Sausages

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  https://www.ramonascuisine.com/homemade-mici-the-famous-romanian-garlicky-meat-sausages/

It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.

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Dolly Parton

My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order. Dolly Parton

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Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out. Dolly Parton

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