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You may be thrilled (or possibly not) to be reminded (or warned) that March is National Crochet month. If you’re a crocheter yourself, you already know that the craft of crocheting – as well as knitting or rug hooking – … Continue reading →

Wanted: recipes to make tuna fish pretend to be prime rib. If you’re a Catholic, that’s what you need. Ninety-nine ways to trick tuna fish into masquerading as a gourmet feast instead of a ho-hum Friday meal during Lent. I … Continue reading →

Be humane. Gadgets need just as much care and affection as does your slobbery doodle dog or your love-starved pit bull. Gadgets deserve to have a nice home in a drawer somewhere in your house where they can pretend to … Continue reading →

An observation among those who have to spend time in intensive care units – either as recent “guests” such as son Matthew – or their visitors – is that all of us are only here on earth on a temporary … Continue reading →

Son Matthew is getting reacquainted with life on planet earth after his emergency re-admission to St. Joseph’s Hospital one week after his stay a week earlier. He’s home now, getting better, and glad to be alive. Deo gratias! During the … Continue reading →

There are many kinds of lifts you might like to acquire. Such as an emotional lift, or a face lift, or an elevator lift to your penthouse apartment, or maybe a lift to town to collect your mega-lottery winnings. But … Continue reading →

I’m writing today’s blob in a hospital room in Tacoma, Washington. Son Matthew was brought here by ambulance a few days ago with severe sepsis and aspiration pneumonia in one of his lungs. But since then, he’s doing well, his … Continue reading →

The very first advice I suggested to you when this “blob” was launched in 2010, was titled “Sleep is for Sissies”. It’s entirely possible – this may shock you to the core – that Octo-woman may have been a tiny … Continue reading →

Wherever you are today, I hope you’re keeping warm with your feet up, sipping your coffee, cocoa, or hot toddy, or munching on a bowl of buttered popcorn or working the Sunday crossword puzzle. In other words — avoiding tangling … Continue reading →

Pick a card. Any card. Consider this Christmas card from Gilded Age Greetings. It costs $495.00 per card! Or how about this one – a bargain for $395.00 per card. Some of the company’s “better” cards can cost up to … Continue reading →