As much as I enjoyed the fun, exciting trailers for “Argylle”, which made excellent use of the film’s eclectic cast, there was one element that told me the movie was in serious trouble. Amongst shots of the cat belonging to spy novelist Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), onscreen text insisted that, “Once you know the […]
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What I’ve learned
In a binder, I have a checklist of 12 habits I want to maintain. The habits are printed on the left side of a sheet of paper. To the right of each habit is a series of boxes labeled one to thirty (or 28 or 29 or 31, as a month may require) so I […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
Since we shared our longest-resident dog, let’s introduce our longest-resident cat. Meet Dino-Man, or Dino for short. Dino came to us as a stray in 2021. He’s a 4-year-old, big ball of fluff. Dino has the best personality a cat could have. He loves hanging out with his humans and getting all of the attention. […]
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What I’ve learned
Audrey Burns Ross had an idea for a book. She would write to famous people and ask them three questions: How do you relax and unwind? What is your general philosophy of life? Do you have a poem, passage, or any words that have given you inspiration in your lifetime? In the autumn of 1990, […]
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Kids’ Book Review: ‘The Sour Grape’
The Sour Grape Jory John; Author Pete Oswald; Illustrator A sour grape is unpleasant to taste. An unpleasant person can be called a ‘Sour Grape’. Such was the large green grape in this silly, delightful, colorful picture book, The Sour Grape (6th book in the Food Group series). Sour Grape complained about many things like fireworks […]
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Movie Review: ‘Anyone but You’
Not every week brings a shiny new blockbuster for me to review. Sometimes I need to look to the holdovers. Sadly, I’m not referring to “The Holdovers,” one of the best films of 2023 that you should definitely check out if it’s playing in your area. I’m referring to whichever movie did the best at […]
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What I’ve learned
One day I asked my two youngest children what they had learned in school. This was years ago, but I still remember their replies. My son, who was in middle school, told me there was no life during the Precambrian era. He said it with such conviction that I didn’t know if he was informing […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
We need to shed light on our boy Shadow. Shadow found himself at Responsible Pet Care in January of 2022 after his owner passed away. He had no other family to care for him. Imagine – 730 days in a kennel. When he first arrived, he was terrified. Not to mention, so we’re the staff. […]
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Do you have room in your heart?
This is Harmane (pronounced like Harmony). She is an older gal, around 13 years old. She was surrendered to Responsible Pet Care back in July of 2023, because her owner was moving and couldn’t take her with him. Life at the RPC has been difficult for Harmane at such an older age. She has […]
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What I’ve learned
Things change. That has always been the case. Yet when change arrives, people are startled, as if “how dare it?”. When I was 10, my mother and I went to a movie about WWII. It was a drama/comedy with bumbling Nazis, bumbling French resistors, and a lot of slapstick. As we were walking home, I […]