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๐ The Book of Good Times & Tom’s Juice

Friday November 29th, 2024 The Book of Good Time is a book by Hank Green which recently completed a round of Kickstarted funding. I have never backed a Kickstarter project until this and I am happy to say that last night, the book arrived! As yesterday (Thanksgiving, the day we went to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Continue reading
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๐ฆ Dino & Bug Museum & A Mystery Celebrity

Sunday July 28th, 2024 After the visit to the U.S. National Monuments today (previous post) I returned home and purchased some new stamps for postcarding. August 1st is the release of the Dungeons & Dragons stamps and so I preoreded them as well as a set of the Jeopardy stamps. I am very excited to Continue reading
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๐ค Postcards, Wake Up Bots & A Dead Stuffed Toy

Monday July 22nd, 2024 Woo hoo! I finally caught up on the blog last night. I always meant for this to be a “Write about your day.” kind of thing, but life is hard. Moving is hard. Selling you car is hard. But we’re moved, the car is sold and we’re back in business, baby! Continue reading
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๐ NYC Has Good People

5/27/24 Postcards! This one went to my pal Tony (who is in Detroit). It cost two cents to send “For foreign.” And this card went to Germany with Postcrossing. I picked this one up in Portland, Oregon. 5/28/24 I have been exploring around my apartment to get to know the area and today I discovered Continue reading
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๐ช Boomerangs Are Dangerous & Moving to NYC

Monday April 22nd, 2024 ๐ I have been raising ants for some time in an ant colony, but I chose to keep it small & without a queen. Without a queen there will be no new ants & so when the last one dies, the colony is over. Today was that day. Antony has passed Continue reading
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๐๏ธ Desert Adventure โ Day 2 ofย 4 – Carlsbad Caverns

Sunday April 14th, 2024. After a nice trip to San Angelo State Park and a successful raising of the tent, despite the broken tent poles, I have now had a good night’s sleep and can venture forth to the next locations. Carlsbad Caverns is the main point of interest on this trip, but I see Continue reading
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๐ฅ Texas State Colony For The Feeble Minded & Nog

Sunday March 3, 2024 An exhausting morning after a night of Fight Opera and off to help tear down a tent at. Um. The fair? It looked like a fair. A BBQ tent raising money for charity needed to be torn down and I volunteered. I think that I may have misunderstood the instructions about Continue reading
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๐ช๐ฅ Push-Ups & Guacamole for Croatia

Monday February 19, 2024. I occasionally grow grass for the cats. I do this in our apartment’s kitchen window where it is easy to forget if a post-it note is not used. First, let the seeds soak for a day or two in water. Next, toss them into a Taco Bell cup filled with dirt. Continue reading
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๐ฅ Oil

Friday February 2nd, 2024. Austin, Texas. 9:45 am 61ยฐ F (16ยฐ C) One of the adventure items on my list is to make fancy oil and fancy vinegar. That whole thing where you infuse them with herbs and such. So I read up on the matter, watched a short video and found a recipe for Continue reading
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๐ฒ New Life Skill & Clean Shoes

Monday January 29th, 2024. 10:32 pm. Austin, Texas. ๐ 55ยฐ F (13ยฐ C) That camp dutch oven event on Jan 6 really has me hooked on the idea of cooking meals at a campsite and so I ordered a book on eBay a while back. The book has arrived! Now I just need a camp Continue reading
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๐ถ Trying out Hiking Poles & Johnny-Cakes

Sunday January 28, 2024 Austin, Texas. Sunny, 66ยฐ F (19ยฐ C). 4:33 pm Note to self, Alt+0176 is the “degree symbol.” (On Windows if you hold Alt, press “0176” and then release alt, the symbol will appear). It’s much easier to type out the temperature when I post updates from my phone. Whew, spent Saturday Continue reading
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๐ฆ New Stamps For Postcards and Doulingo Challenge Complete

Monday January 22nd 8:28 pm, Austin, Texas. Dark, cloudy, 52ยฐ F (11ยฐ C) I try to get a Duolingo badge every month and I am excited to say that January is now in the bag. 1,147 day streak and every badge since June of last year. I look at my badge count to remember when Continue reading
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