Posted May 14, 2021
It's The Journey That Counts!
Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, "Wow! What a ride!"

​      The Floating Islands of
        Lake Titicaca, Peru
     
Anna-grams 
​​​● I missed my great grand-   daughter's First Birthday party. Darn. We did a time capsule for her to open on her 18th birthday.

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● I also missed calling my grandson on his birthday. Am I a sucky grandmother or what?

​Anagrams
● The Conservative Party = Teacher in vast poverty

● Sylvester Stallone in Rambo = Brainless malevolent story

● The Olympic Games = Mighty males cope
~ Ivor Hutchison 1997

● Marriage counseling = O, nice girl & man argues

Weekly Quotes 
● “The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” ~ Sir Richard Burton

● “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” ~ Jennifer Lee

● “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ~ Gustav Flaubert
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● “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.”
 

 

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GOOD NEWS!
All my book are available in print. 

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Observation Days.

​May is:
● Older Americans Month
● Personal History Month Link
● National Hamburger Month 
● Cystic Fibrosis Awareness
   Month Link
● Drum Month Link
● National Salad Month

This Coming Week is:
● Art On The Square: 15-17
   Link
● National Dog Bite Prevention
   Week: 17-23 
● National Medical Transcrip-
   tion Week: 17-23 Link
● National New Friends, Old
   Friends Week: 17-23

May 14 is:
● Buddah Day
● National Chicken Dance
   Day Link
● The Stars and Stripes
   Forever Day
● Underground America Day
 
Current Words You Should Know and Use
When I read a novel, I expect to learn a minimum of one new word, or at least be reminded of words I know, or knew, that I no longer use in writing. The following are new and unused words I’ve written down from the last two books I’ve read. 

● dint (n) = an impression or hollow in a surface. "the soft dints at the top of a coconut" dent, indentation, depression,· dip
● excrescence (n) = 1. A distinct outgrowth on a human or animal body or on a plant, especially one that is the result of disease or abnormality. Growth, lump, swelling, protuberance.
2. An unattractive or super-fluous addition or feature. Eg. "removing the excrescences of later interpretation"

​● penuary (n) = extreme poverty; destitution.

● paucity (n) = the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.
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