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October 1, 2026
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The Alaska Triangle 
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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/hr with your hair on fire, totally worn out, and shouting,
"Wow! What a ride!"
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●  We're struggling along.
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​● Plane with ten aboard crashes in Alaska = A clear snow blankets; an airship; a death.
~ Aronas Pinchas

● The Bermuda Triangle = The air danger: tumble. ~ Mick Tully

● The lost Malaysia Airlines plane = Ill phantom lies in salty sea area. ~ Aronas Pinchas

● The Stormy Weather = May throw the trees! ~ Jean Merges

● The Bermuda Triangle = Ratbag mutineer held.
~ Mark McNamara
 
Quotes 
● “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
~ Confucius

● “...the safety of the operator is more important than any other point.  Greater prudence is needed rather than greater skill.” ~ Wilbur Wright, 1901

● “Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect." ~ Captain A. G. Lamplugh, British Aviation Insurance Group, London. 1930's

● "Not all who wander are lost."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien

​● "Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way." ~ Unknown

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"The wilderness holds answers to questions we have not yet learned to ask." ~ Nancy Newhall

● "In the wild, you discover the beauty of solitude." ~ Unknown


​You Had One Job...
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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...Now. Knowledge is a Work in Progress.
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MYTH:  DADDY LONG LEGS ARE SPIDERS and ARE VENOMOUS

TRUTH: TRUE DADDY LONG LEGS ARE ARACHNIDS BUT THEY ARE NOT SPIDERS AND NOT VENOMOUS

Arachnids are any member of the anthro-pod groups that includes spiders, daddy longlegs, scorpions and a subclass which including mites and ticks. The myth comes from the fact that true daddy longlegs are often confused with the daddy longlegs spider which is actually called a common cellar spider.
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However, unlike true spiders, in which the body is divided into two distinct segments (the cephalothorax and the abdomen), daddy longlegs look as though they have only one segment, because of a broad fusion that makes the juncture between the two segments almost indiscernible.

The legs are typically several times as long as the body. Of the four pairs of walking legs, the second pair may be specially adapted for sensory functions.
 
Daddy longlegs are widely distributed, and they are abundant in both temperate and tropical climates of both hemispheres. They typically favor wet or otherwise moist habitats, though some are adapted to comparatively dry. They are most common in late summer and are often sighted in fields after crop harvest.


​Sources:
https://spiderzoon.com/cellar-spider/
https://www.thoughtco.com/is-a-daddy-longlegs-a-spider-or-not-1968493
https://www.britannica.com/animal/daddy-longlegs

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​Enhance Your Vocabulary - New 2026 Dictionary Words 

● rizz  =  (n) Slang for charisma or charm, especially in social interactions.
● petichor = (n) The pleasant smell after rain on dry ground.
● teraflop  = (v)  A measure of computer processing speed.

● polycrisis = (n) Multiple crises happening at the same time that interact and make each other worse.

● international bitter-ness units  =  (n) A unit of measurement used to assess the concentration of a bitter compound found in hops in order to provide information about how bitter a beer is.

● dungeon crawler = (n)  A  genre of video game where a player must guide a character through increasingly difficult levels of dungeons while confronting monsters, traps, and other obstacles

● abnegation  = (n) The act of giving up personal desires for a greater cause.

● athleisure =  (n) A fashion trend of wearing athletic yet stylish clothing.

● aggrandize   = (v) To enhance power, wealth, or status.

● conundrum   = (n) A difficult and confusing problem or question.

Source: 
https://unischolars.com/blog/new-english-words-with-meanings/


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