It was my lucky day-Mother Nature smiled.

Over the weekend, I was driving around doing errands in the lousy weather, when I noticed a beautiful photo just waiting for me to capture it. When I returned, I discovered that it lacked one feature that is very important to a photographer: Vantage point. The nearest parking place was a considerable distance away, and …

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Yay! It’s Black Cat Appreciation Day!

It's the week of Halloween, and it's time to appreciate our mini-panthers, our black cats who rule us, sit and purr in our laps, and shed black cat hair all over the house. I have had a black cat in my home for the last about 30 years (not the same one!). Our home would …

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There are no Solutions, only Tradeoffs

The above aphorism was coined by the famous economist, Thomas Sowell, to describe any human society or situation. Every waking moment of every day of our lives, we are presented with a myriad of choices, large and small, most we don't even notice. But I was reminded of Sowell's phrase when I read an article …

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Caturday, and the last chance at local Fall Colors.

Happy Caturday, the day of the week devoted to the promotion and recognition of our furry feline masters. In Western Washington, we are in the midst of what the meteorologists call an “atmospheric river”, known to the rest of the world as a rainstorm. It is mild, rainy, and windy, well-known to natives. The Lady …

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Friday Funnies, Halloween in Aiken edition

We just returned from our trip to the Carolinas. On our last day, our friend took us for a pleasant walk through downtown Aiken, SC. The day was sunny and warm, and it was pretty quiet on the main drag, with its angle-parking (free!), and little shops and restaurants. Wall paintings, downtown Aiken It seems …

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A vacation to the Carolinas.

Neither hubby nor I had ever been to the Carolinas, so when we received an invitation to a Hillsdale College Economic Forum in Charlotte, I jumped at the chance to visit. What clinched it was the fact that one of the speakers would be the young database guru who goes by the X handle of …

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Friday Funnies (?). The DemocRats in memes.

Since Charlie Kirk was assassinated last week, the DemocRats have celebrated, on video and in print on social media everywhere. And conservatives have quickly been flooding that social media with memes (since leftists have no sense of humor, memes are beyond them). Here are some good ones. Please be reminded that DemocRats support Antifa and …

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Turnabout? Bronze Age Heterosexual Male on X has something to say about that.

Bronze Age Heterosexual Male writes about the left being shown the consequences of their own policies, that we have been getting for years.

*An interesting Social Media thread. Cat people leave X

My readers will know that I am an avid X/Twitter denizen (joined in 2022, have over 8700 followers). The past week has seen dramatic upheavals over there, following the assassination of conservative leading light Charlie Kirk. Both sides of the political spectrum have published their reactions to that brutal murder; the Left is celebrating, and …

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*Welcome to the Banality of Evil

The children of an active-duty Army officer in the video below demonstrate the values of their parents. The video is claiming lots of attention, for good reason. Parents indoctrination of their children to wish for the deaths of the President, the Vice President, and a wealthy businessman who supports them. Parents turning their daughters into …

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