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May 27, 2019
Our patriots died for the freedoms we so blithely take for granted including free speech, the right to assemble, trial by jury, and the right to bear arms.
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April 7, 2019
Several times a week, the Central Phoenix Writers Workshop meets to critique and commiserate.
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January 28, 2019
There’s lots of them, of course: punctuation, word choice, active versus passive voice…
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January 6, 2018
I earned my first SOTA points a week ago as an activator, and again this morning as a chaser. (My amateur radio call sign is K7EDS.)
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October 12, 2017
Since 1999, this annual event has helped motivate authors, including lots of wannabes like myself, complete book-length 50,000 word pieces in the month of November. With a daily goal of 1,500 words and a website for participants to commit to and then track their daily progress, NaNoWriMo provides the daily carrot, or in my case what worked for me-the whip-to get it done.
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October 9, 2017
The hearing of my Chinese Pixie is much better now.
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April 2, 2017
2023 Addendum
I survived, have been cancer-free for more than six years, and am living life to the fullest.
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January 22, 2017
2023 Addendum
It’s been six years since I wrote this, and I am officially a cancer survivor.
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January 19, 2017
2023 Addendum
Officially, I am now a “cancer survivor.”
If you’re facing something like this, take heart. It is hard, but the doctors are great, the nurses wonderful, and the technology is fabulous.
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November 20, 2016
It’s called a “Denial of Service” attack and it comes from a virus, affectionately named as you can see in the snippet above, “Smurf”.