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01Nov

‘Choose Peace,’ the calendar says. Protect your peace, I would add

Let “no” be a complete sentence so that your “yes,” when it arrives, feels effortless. When we guard our peace, Wild Woman rises.

01Nov

On the 44th anniversary of my father’s death, a different sort of post

My dad died Nov. 1, 1980. I’ve told you that and about him. This time I’ve got a story for you that few people know. Bonus fright included.

31Oct

Happy Halloween from me and the Feminist Sticker Club

I love the Feminist Sticker Club. This month’s is an all-time favorite. I am running out of things to put them on, but it’s going somewhere.

30Oct

People are remembering Vin Scully’s words, but let’s not forget his well-timed silence

Here’s a World Series bonus blog post for you before the Dodgers and Yankees play Game 5.

30Oct

If you’re anywhere close to Rutgers tonight, please go see the discussion of ‘Nora Ephron at the Movies’ for me?

Eight years ago I wrote about the HBO documentary about her, “Everything Is Copy,” and I wish I could be at Rutgers tonight.

30Oct

My nails and I are ready for whatever’s next

These are my nails until Christmas week. What do you think?

29Oct

I voted today, with a police car keeping watch on the ballot box

An officer sat in a parked patrol car next to my usual drop box downtown this morning as I dropped in my ballot.

29Oct

Hollywood Elites 3, Steinbrenners 0

Idle thoughts, not idol thoughts, after watching Monday night baseball, which is not the same as “Monday Night Football.”

28Oct

Jayden Daniels’ Hail Mary pass reminded me (and many others) of LSU’s Bluegrass Miracle

From Wikipedia: The Bluegrass Miracle was a 74-yard game-winning touchdown pass by the No. 16 LSU Tigers with no time left on the clock against the Kentucky Wildcats on November 9, 2002, at Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky. The ball was tipped by a Kentucky player before being caught at the 15-yard line by Devery Henderson of LSU, who ran it in for the score. Background Kentucky, the home team, was the underdog to the defending SEC champion Tigers. LSU was ahead by as many as 14 points at one point and led 24–14 after a field goal with 13:58 left in the fourth quarter, but Kentucky came back with a 13–3 run to tie it at 27. However, a Kentucky player called the Wildcats' last timeout on first down from the LSU 11 with 15 seconds left on the clock, and rather than risking a turnover or a tackle within the field of play that would leave the clock running and the Wildcats unable to line up to spike the football, head coach Guy Morriss opted to send kicker Taylor Begley out to kick a 29-yard field goal, giving the Wildcats a 30–27 lead with 11 seconds left on the clock. LSU got the ball back, but the ensuing kickoff pinned the team at its own 9-yard line. On the first play of the series, the Tigers quickly got the ball to their own 26-yard line on a pass from quarterback Marcus Randall to wide receiver Michael Clayton. An LSU timeout stopped the clock with 2 seconds left, and set up a desperation Hail Mary pass. The chances for success were considered slim because Randall's arm was not strong enough to reach the opponent's end zone from 70+ yards away. Kentucky players were so confident that they had won the game that they gave Morriss a Gatorade bath before the final play had taken place.

The way the football game in suburban D.C. ended yesterday brought back memories of a game 22 years ago in Lexington, Kentucky.

27Oct

Do I exist in real life anymore? How would I know?

I feel so isolated and disconnected that I’m not even sure I actually exist in real life anymore,” she tweeted in 2022. I relate.

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