These photos cover the last few weeks, since my latest picture day post, I think.
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Christian wife, mother, grandma "Ugma", musician (keyboards, ukuleles), pet owner (dogs, parrots), enjoying life near the purlicue of the mitten, Bay City, MI.
GUEST POST from Don: Kid Tech +
SAFER TECH (and cheap) FOR KIDS What mobile tech do you want your 9 or 12 year old girl (or boy) to have? Up until a couple years ago the choices were limited, expensive, and BAD. There were no inexpensive or GOOD choices. Your options were between an Apple or Android phone. Yes, you could …
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GUEST POST from Don – Contemptible Resentment
CONTEMPTIBLE RESENTMENT We know about road rage and things like gaslighting because they are continually in the news or part of posts on the internet. Well! You know you can trust the internet to explain things well, right??? But what about Resentment and Contempt. Of the two I believe more people misunderstand Contempt. Resentment causes Contempt, rarely the other way …
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GUEST POST from Don – Improving On…
IMPROVING ON… There are things “wise guys” say … which I believe don’t match reality. I’m sure I can improve on their kind of “wisdom.” The following ARE actual quotes from modern “medicine men.” 1. “Don’t Complain. Do something about it.” Except most of the things about which we complain are things OUTSIDE our control. Weather, government websites, stupid human …
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VIDEO: Ollie’s Sale Haul – June 27, 2025
(Pete graciously agreed to share this haul with you, since I’m still struggling with the effects of my accident on the 11th; nothing fancy here, no intro, no editing – no can do – but it at least shows all the great deals that we got on our “field trip” to Ollie’s in the morning!)
Friday Funnies – June 27, 2025 Edition
GUEST POST from Don – Templates +
TIRED OF TEMPLATES + It is true that if you look for anything on the internet you will often find the lowest possible denominator. What pops up first is the site most clicked, not the most informative or accurate. However, I’ve never operated that way. I look first for reputable sites. I go to places like Cleveland Clinic or …
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GUEST POST from Don – Shoeless +
SHOELESS + Now that I’m of “age” I can recount my youth with some degree of humor. On summer days, if not riding a bike or traipsing across pastures avoiding cow pies, we often went shoeless. By the time supper was on the table we had more soil on our feet than we had in our …
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