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Posted June 1, 2025
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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, at 90 miles an hour with your hair on fire, totally worn out, and shouting, "Wow! What a ride!"
Anna-grams​
● Luciano has been ill for a month but is feeling better now. He's still not eating very much and has lost weight.
I'm hanging in there.
​ Anagrams
●The sonnets of William Shakespeare  = Oh! OK... in fame, his talent was peerless.
~ Rick Rothstein (2004)

● The Immortal Bard, William Shakespeare = Aha, British male-writer maked all poems!" ~ Aronas Pinchas (2008)

● The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary = History dons held for origin extract, eh?
~ Mike Mesterton-Gibbons (2003)

● Oxford English Dictionary = Index of dignity or scholar.
~ Honez (2005)

           
Monthly Quotes 
● “My favorite three words in the English language are: ’I don’t know’, because every time I say them, I learn something new.” ~ Timothy Leary

● “When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

● “Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.”
~ William Penn

● “Never make fun of some-one who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.”
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.


You Had One Job..​​
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Is that paving asphalt over a manhole cover?
MY BOOKS
Works By R Ann Siracusa
Tour Director Extraordinaire Series
Humorous Romantic Suspense
Book 1 - All For A Dead Man’s Leg
Book 2 - All For A Fistful Of Ashes
Book 3 - Destruction Of The Great Wall
Book 4 - All For Spilled Blood
Book 5 - All For A Blast of Hot Air

Tour Director Series Short Stories
First Date
Halloween in the Catacombs
Christmas Plans Gone Awry
Elves For Christmas


​Other Books and Short Stories
A Timeless Melody 
The Last Weekend In October
All In the Game
Family Secrets: A Vengeance of Tears

Tiffany
Time in a Bottle

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Granny Mythbuster Rides Again 
Commonly Believed Myths that Aren’t True
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MYTH: Mount Everest Is the Tallest Mountain in the world

TRUTH: The term “myth” is not exactly the best description. The statement is more of an incomplete explanation of reality as we know it today.

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain above sea level, but the tallest mountain from base to peak is actually Mauna Kea in Hawaii, which is nearly a mile taller than Everest when you factor in the 19,700 feet of it that exist in the Pacific Ocean. 

Source: https://bestlifeonline.com/facts-that-arent-true/ 
Image: Mt. Mauna Kes


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Juneteenth is June 19, 2025

Juneteenth
The National Holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, observed annually on June 19.

June Observations
● Caribbean-American
    Heritage Month

● Pride Month
● National Zoo /Aquarium Mo.
● Professional Wellness Mo.
   (aka Employee Wellness Mo.
● African-American Music
   Appreciation Month
● Women's Golf Month
● World Infertility Awareness
   Month
● Alzheimer's and Brain
   Awareness Month
● National Safety Month
● National Candy Month
● National Country Cooking
   Month
● National Oceans Month
● National Rivers Month
● National Camping Month

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Weekly Observations
​● National Fishing and
   Boating Week (06/1-8)

● Pet Appreciation Wk 06/1-7
● National Flag Week 06/8-14
● National Men's Health
    Week   (June 9-15)
● National Pollinator Week
   06/16-22


Words From Recently Read Books: Good words to use more often
Source: various 
● loquacious = (adj) Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
● paroxsym = (n)
1. A sudden attack or violent expression of a particular emotion or activity.
2. A sudden recurrence or attack of a disease; a sudden worsening of symptoms.

● inveterate = (adj)
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change;
firmly established by long persistence.
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glissando = (n)
A continuous slide upward or downward between two notes; a rapid sliding up or down the musical scale.
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sanfroid = (n)
Composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances; self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain.

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