Writing
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Luck O’the Irish Timed Test #2
What do “lepre-kittens” sleep on all day on St. Patrick’s Day? That’s right! Pati O’Furniture! Thank you for your forbearance for that joke and for the last of three post tests this morning. I have timed this particular post test… Continue reading
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Luck O’the Irish Timed Test
The “lepre-kitten” is scheduling this post to see if the updated evil plugin works when I walk away. If you are reading this and didn’t receive an email notification, please check your spam/junk box. I’m looking away. Continue reading
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Luck O’the Irish Test
Yes, the image is a “lepre-kitten” (thank you, Wendy), and if you received an email notification for this test post, you are one of the lucky Spark and Spitfire subscribers. (Yes, there was yet another update to the unlucky plugin.)… Continue reading
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Selling Your Soul
What’s worse? Wealthy parents paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their kids into prestigious universities and colleges? Or being paid $1,000 to write an admission essay for the son of a wealthy man? I wrote that admissions essay.… Continue reading
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That’s So Pat! 2/27/19
Pat here again to provide Pat answers to all of your questions from toad rage to the DaVinci Toad! A Richard Feder in White Flint, New Jersey writes: Dear Pat: my friend, Romeo, is the loneliest frog in the entire… Continue reading
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Ignite 2/15/19
The day after Valentine’s Day . . . Continue reading
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Winter Sleep
Yesterday, much-loved poet Mary Oliver died of lymphoma. She was 83. As NPR posted in its obituary, “Oliver won many awards for her poems, which often explore the link between nature and the spiritual world; she also won a legion… Continue reading
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That’s So Pat! 1/17/19
Hey there! Pat here with some toad-ally exciting news! I’m launching an advice column about life — from toad rage to the DaVinci Toad! Send your questions and I vow to always give Pat answers! My very first question is… Continue reading
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The Light Within You
This Spark and Spitfire post introduces a new regular feature and category — Sparks — thoughts, excerpts, rants, etc. — inspired by my current reading. What purpose does religion serve in our lives? Why does religion still exist in the 21st century?… Continue reading
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Grief Lessens
Today is the Feast of the Epiphany, a Christian holiday celebrating the revelation of God the Son as a human being in Jesus Christ. It is also the first anniversary of my mother’s death. There’s not much difference between a… Continue reading
