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Cat Naps with Nap Cats
Hearts Gladness is… napping with cats Cats are highly skilled professional nappers, expert in their field. Even infant kittens are highly skilled at napping. If we could all but take lessons from cats, how much more relaxed we would be. I am but a promising (though sincere) student, eager to learn from my oh so… Continue reading
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Treasures 2004_06
Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, things that make me feel happy or thankful or interested, things that are worth remembering. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. I gather my treasures through out the week. Please feel free to start your own lists of Treasures on your own weblog or… Continue reading
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Catch a Phrase
[ Today's meme is courtesy of Past, Present, Future Round 51 ] PAST: Pick a memorable catchprase or classic utterance from your youth. And, of course, share it with the class. PRESENT: What's a catchphrase that you probably use just a bit too often nowadays? FUTURE: Give us a bit of something for the ages.… Continue reading
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Make Your Motor Cortex Dance
"Brain areas that are used to perform an action are also needed to comprehend words related to that action," … "Remarkably, just the reading of feet-related action words such as dance makes [the motor cortex] move its 'feet.'" [cf "The Brain's Word Act: Reading verbs revs up motor cortex areas", by Bruce Bower, in Science… Continue reading
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HHW Disposal
Note to family members – you’ve already read this one. A republication of my Household Hazardous Waste story. This entry was originally written at 16:00 on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, and posted to my (private) family-only weblog. I decided to post it on commentary as well. Continue reading
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Risky Business
The Friday 5 for this week is all about risk. It’s another set I initially considered not doing; then I figured I would answer.. but in my own inimitable fashion :-) Continue reading
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Anyone Can Miss a Day
Today’s meme is courtesy of Thursday Threesome. Continue reading
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One Reason I Live in Central Coastal California
A friend sent me a photo, taken in the Oswego area (Near Syracuse, NY). Here in beautifu Bay Area California, we don’t get much snow. Nevertheless, the photo invoked a feeling of Deja Vu for me. Continue reading
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Yogurt Making 101
I bought a yogurt maker the other day. It looks easy enough to use. The maker comes with 7 too-cute little pear-shaped glass jars with plastic lids for storing in the fridge. The instructions couldn't be much simpler. Start with 5 TBsp of natural unflavored yogurt (I bought Brown Cow whole-milk yogurt, not bad for… Continue reading
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