Tag: Writing
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Writer’s Block?!
Amazing how our mind works. If you’ve visited my Home page, you’ve seen a typewriter with bright pretty flowers. The creative mind. Well, look what happens to the same typewriter when winter comes. Flowers gone… just black dirt! I chuckled to myself. Black dirt = Writer’s Block My second thought, this typewriter needs a visit…
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A Scary Halloween Joke?
I didn’t know what title to come up for my post. In the past two weeks, on two different occurrences, I’ve run into dangling spiders in my home. This has NEVER happened. I always see them on the ledge, on the wall, but not dangling from the ceiling. The FIRST one was at my desk.…
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Fall – Audio books – Puzzles
When my children were young, we did a lot of puzzles in the evening. It was good bonding time. I would play an audio book. Traditions continue. I’m listening to “The Case of the Missing Servant,” by Tarquin Hall. It’s a nice detective story based in India. The narrator is Sam Dastor, he’s really good…
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Manufacturing – Heavy Metal Tour 2024, Student tours
Did you know that October is manufacturing month in Wisconsin? The Central Wisconsin Manufacturing Alliance, Heavy Metal Tour promotes career awareness in manufacturing trades, which is fantastic. There are so many industries that young people can learn about. I had been working in magazine advertising sales when we were hit with a tough economy in…
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Composting – Do you do it?
Recently, I saw this truck in Chicago. It brought back memories of when I moved to Seattle. A friend taught me that in Seattle, composting was mandatory. I learned what bin to buy that sat on my kitchen counter by the sink. I bought a specific composting bag/liner that went inside my container, so on…
Spark of Inspiration 