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Time it was, and what a time it was5 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 4 days ago: We had a gorgeous 7″ snowfall over the weekend (not the blizzard other cities got) and it made … more →

Tags: merry christmas, mental pictures, Photographs, Awareness

Cats a l'orange and a sweet Christmas story3 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 1 week ago: Both of the vets and one of the vet techs in the practice we visit have expressed how much they like … more →

Tags: Cats, Christmas Story, M on the forehead, orange tabbies

No thanks, just looking5 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 1 week ago: Ninety-nine percent of the time, that’s the answer I give — and hear others give — … more →

Tags: lowes, Store Greeters, Walmart, Salespeople, Shopping

I wonder as a I wander3 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 2 weeks ago: I had a raging caffeine headache yesterday — rather, a lack-of-caffeine headache — and i … more →

Tags: cleanse diet, Coffee, no caffeine

In praise of the talkers3 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 1 month ago: No one would ever describe me as outgoing. I’m a fade-into-the-background kind of person, more … more →

Tags: Chance Encounters, kindness, Listeners, strangers, Talkers

I couldn't do this if I tried1 comment

WritingbyEar wrote 1 month ago: This amazes me. Google “Writing by Ear.” (Go ahead, I’ll wait.) Yep, that’s … more →

Tags: google rankings

A farewell and a hello3 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 1 month ago: When our beloved cat, CC, died a couple months ago, I didn’t even want to write about it … more →

Tags: new kitten, Rory

The wreck's for sale2 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 1 month ago: The long-abandoned wreck next door doesn’t get much traffic, so we were both curious when we s … more →

Tags: abandoned house next door

Those ARE special6 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 2 months ago: With apologies to my cousin, who will still be receiving this card in about 2 days, I’m embarr … more →

Tags: Made in China, typos

31derful days1 comment

WritingbyEar wrote 2 months ago: Ah, October. Thirty-one glorious days that pass too fast. …a blur of last-chance outdoor proje … more →

Tags: cottage industry, Heavy Clay, October, Garden, Fall Projects, Reverie

Money. Mouth. Anyone?7 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 3 months ago: Most people I know, including myself, say they’re in favor of “greener” energy sou … more →

Tags: renewable energy, Recs, Wind power, cost of going green

Something that made me go "hmmmmm"6 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 3 months ago: While surfing to avoid doing anything productive (like catching up on some work on a Sunday night), … more →

Tags: Pondering

That day3 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 3 months ago: As in the 7 previous September 11ths since THE September 11th, I spent a good part of today remember … more →

Tags: 9/11, remembering September 11 2001

What's up, Doc?

WritingbyEar wrote 4 months ago: I happened upon this article on cnn.com — a primary care physician lamenting on why doctors ar … more →

Tags: doctors, pcps, internists, lack

Channeling Uma (as if)2 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 4 months ago: Is it wrong that a cottage-flower-chintz-garden-loving middle-age suburban woman can’t resist … more →

Tags: Movies, Kill Bill, Uma Thurman

About those rabble rousers...12 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 4 months ago: I haven’t made it out to attend any of the town hall meetings, though the idea is intriguing, … more →

Tags: Health Care, Protests, Town Hall Meetings

Things to be grateful for

WritingbyEar wrote 4 months ago: 1. Thin panes of glass that come between 63-inch me and 2½-inch you on a warm summer night. (Things … more →

Tags: big bug on window

Learn from my hazmat mistake (aka mea culpa)4 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 5 months ago: We had an “incident” the other night. After a rare walk together, we were getting ready … more →

Tags: cottage industry, Youngest of Seven, broken thermometer, Mercury Spill, right and wrong approaches

A lotta latte for less2 comments

WritingbyEar wrote 5 months ago: I’m addicted to McDonald’s iced coffee. At $2.13 for a large, it’s a bargain compa … more →

Tags: Coffee, recipe, Iced Latte, vanilla


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