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April

Spam update

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If you read my last post, you’ll know I listed a bunch of spammers.  Now they’ve disappeared – mysteriously – and I hope they won’t be back.  Actually, I hope Nike and Coach handbags crunched them, but I have no way of telling. Here’s a comment I just received, that’s commenting on my spam post.  [...]

14

February

Thoughts about love

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I woke this morning thinking about Valentine’s Day.  I used to hate it.  My hate had its roots in grade school.  When I was in grade school, Valentine’s Day could be hurtful.  We’d each decorate a shoebox and put a slot in it for valentines.  Then for a few days the valentines would go into [...]

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January

Sunday afternoon in Venice Beach

Posted by Marilynne | Under: Everything Else, Mysterious things, The Story Teller, Writing | Comments(2)

I didn’t really know how to title this.  Roy and I had a great visit with our daughter Lisa and her friends Scott and Emily.  Venice Beach is a place like no other.  Kooky for sure.  Beachy for sure.  Why don’t I tell you in pictures? I have a whole collection of characters that belong [...]

11

January

Step on what and do what?

Posted by Marilynne | Under: Everything Else, Mysterious things, The Story Teller, Writing | Comments(9)

I’ve been visiting the doctor for a fair amount of maintenance lately (if you’re over 50 you’ll know what I mean) and I’ve run across a problem.  Picture the doctor’s examining room.  It’s dominated by a “table” not big enough to feed a child and you’re meant to sit on it so the doctor can [...]