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Mom...9 comments

B.Z. Smith wrote 14 hours ago: Christmas–Just days away. Traffic bips along through splashing puddles, merging from one lane … more →

Tags: art of storytelling, dementia, eldercare, mothers and daughters, multi-generational family

It's Coming On Christmas...2 comments

B.Z. Smith wrote 1 week ago: “They’re cutting down trees…They’re putting up reindeer…And singing so … more →

Tags: art of storytelling, guittard chocolate, Thumbprint Cookies, christmas baking, Family Traditions

ART Hero on the Mother Lode...Burly Burleigh10 comments

B.Z. Smith wrote 2 weeks ago: SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Quitting Reading Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Time Man … more →

Tags: Art Moves On The Mother Lode, community art, Sierra Foothills, fire on the mountain productions, sonora christmas festival, sonora blues festival, twain harte summer art and wine festival, b.z. smith, arts and crafts festivals

Stealing is bad (sometimes)

bluelyon wrote 2 weeks ago: The Red Queen: This is common sense. Stealing is bad. Well stealing small things like a watch, chang … more →

Tags: Crime, class warfare

Gonna Fly Now!

adeli wrote 1 month ago: Rocky was released on this date in 1976. The Rocky movies have not only been a source for inspiratio … more →

Tags: Music, Bill Conti, Eye of the Tiger, no easy way out, rocky, Survivor

Joe Bageant: The Iron Cheer of Empire1 comment

bluelyon wrote 1 month ago: It may be my bias, or my imagination, or my distaste for toil, but from here America looks like one … more →

Tags: community values, truthtellers

Happy CDN Thanksgiving

Iva wrote 2 months ago:   I’m thankful that I didn’t give anyone food poisoning. Happy Thanksgiving from south of the border … more →

Summer is officially over…

Iva wrote 3 months ago: and my unofficial nanny officially starts school this week and baby nurse heads back to California. … more →

Box Number 42...

B.Z. Smith wrote 3 months ago: STUFF: Last night I woke up at 2:42 (digital clocks are just too precise). Filled with worry about s … more →

Tags: art of storytelling, mothers and daughters, Adolescent Girls, individuation

Why Do D.C. Men Like Showing Off Their Man-Boobs?11 comments

trixiefromtoronto wrote 3 months ago: I have noticed a weird thing about this city — men always run with their shirts off. In the su … more →

Tags: Man Boobs, Running

Viviendo en América (UPDATED)7 comments

ixtepan wrote 3 months ago: Toma 1: Toma 2: Toma 3: Post pendejo del viernes. Enjoy! Y recuerden, no es la neta del planeta, per … more →

Tags: General, Fumé de mas!, Música, viviendo en américa, Rammstein, The Sounds, James Brown

A Day at School Remembered...2 comments

B.Z. Smith wrote 3 months ago:        Inside the old schoolhouse at Columbia State Historic Park, CA   I teach. I used to teach pub … more →

Tags: Classroom Antics, Banana Slug String Band, School Life, teaching elementary school

Hot Wheels

Iva wrote 3 months ago: Enjoying the late afternoon sun, Carson takes Roxie for a spin in his convertible Escalade. She just … more →

Tags: IvaBlog

I live in the UNITED States of America.10 comments

B.Z. Smith wrote 4 months ago: I opened my email to discover that I had gotten another one!  You know, those emails that well-meani … more →

My Life With The Trimbles: An Update13 comments

trixiefromtoronto wrote 4 months ago: Some of you may have wondered what became of The Trimbles. I too wondered for a couple of weeks. Aft … more →

Tags: The Trimbles, Crazy Neighbors

Finding Heroes...4 comments

B.Z. Smith wrote 4 months ago: We all need heroes, those people who give our society guidance by their own deeds. One of my heroes … more →

Tags: mental retardation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Public Service, volunteerism, special olympics

Slight Disappointment: The Sounds - Crossing the Rubicon

NICK wrote 4 months ago: I didn’t want to write this post. I’ve been avoiding it, hoping that if I just hold out … more →

Tags: Müzik, The Sounds, Crossing the Rubicon, No One Sleeps When I'm Awake, Dying-To-Say-This-To-You, beatbox, Underground, midnight sun, 4 Songs and a Fight

James Brown - Living In America

btx3 wrote 5 months ago: A little July 4th Celebration. This Video was done for one of the Rocky movies. Regardless of the ov … more →

Tags: General, James Brown, Independence Day, july 4th, Patriotism

Chicago killings and shootings - gang violence - the solution that could work to change the danger they are causing and protect American lives and communities from the gangs that are terrorizing American lives across the United States

cricketdiane wrote 6 months ago: My Note - as a solution to the gang killings and violence – why not send them to Iraq as civil … more →

Tags: Cricket Diane C Sparky Phillips, Solutions, life in the United States, KBR, Chicago Youth Killings, Chicago children shootings killings, Gang Violence, Iraq Contractors, civilian contractor deaths Iraq


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