Baloney or Bologna? (my “B” alphabet writing challenge word!)

bo·lo·gna     noun \bə-ˈlō-nē also -nyə,      : a wide cooked sausage that is cut into thin pieces and eaten in sandwiches Day two! Today's alphabet letter is B, and I happened upon the word baloney earlier and started to daydream about it and all the memories it inspired. The simple part of the question is whether …

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Alphabet Challenge

challenge to self: write directions to self: one post per day subject matter: anything (nothing R rated..) starting with anything that begins with "A", and ending with something that begins with "Z". I am a little jealous of some friends who have decided to accept the NaNoWriMo challenge - for national novel writing month. They …

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The Hardest Hike

 The year was 2000, a very big year.  Everyone was bracing for the new year with all of its promises and all of its threats. Warnings swirled: unstable computer programs, apocalypse fears, and the realization that this would end partying like it was 1999.   We prepared for that year in many ways and looking back I know now that …

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