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Whose tacos are worse, Jack In The Box’s hope-there’s-no-one-blocking-the-crapper gut bombs, or the new-kid-on-the-block tacos from Burger King?

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.

Several times a week, the Central Phoenix Writers Workshop meets to critique and commiserate.

Rules o’ Ritin’
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January 28, 2019

There’s lots of them, of course: punctuation, word choice, active versus passive voice…

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.)

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.

Pixie Ears
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October 9, 2017

The hearing of my Chinese Pixie is much better now.

2023 Addendum

I survived, have been cancer-free for more than six years, and am living life to the fullest.

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