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Feeling loved
December 12, 2025
I don’t know why I even thought about this today, because I’m generally disposed to an independent nature combined with an attitude I developed at the ripe...
Oops and PS
November 28, 2025
I forgot to attach the picture; that’s the “oops.” Attached. The “PS” is “screw it.” I’m tired after two broth operations and am going to bed! The first...
The Party's Over...
November 28, 2025
…but the work has just begun. I did the usual Thanksgiving thing - roasted a turkey breast-down so it’d baste itself. Guests brought everything else and we...
Gobble, Gobbledy-Gook
November 27, 2025
I thought I’d title this “Gobble Gobble” since that’s how my friend Richard titled his email greeting this morning. Then the “gobbledy-gook” came to me, and...
Turn on the record player
November 25, 2025
I own a “smart tv.” It’s definitely smarter than I am. I am incapable of watching what I want to watch, which is mostly a limited number of old shows I like...
Kids' Hints for Thanksgiving
November 22, 2025
(I’m cleaning out my Fastmail inbox. Got back to 2023 and found this from my sister Bridget - too good not to share!) Larry Aguilar: Get a turkey at the...
It's all I can do
November 18, 2025
Synchronicity
November 10, 2025
I get daily email hints from Martha Stewart, a person whose television show I never watched, but still made fun of. I didn’t know that she was simply helping...
BOO!
November 1, 2025
When I heard that our Chamber of Commerce was sponsoring trick-or-treating on the Town Square, I put it out on the community email bulletin board that some...
Best No Kings picture
October 19, 2025
Love it.
Correction to the Correction
October 13, 2025
For Yancey residents, really - regarding the Horton court case regarding the assault of Norman Rabek at the peaceful No Kings rally on June 14. THIS IS FROM...
Ten hoola-hoops
October 12, 2025
…or hula-hoops. What made me think of this was watching an old Smothers Brothers episode tonight, where Tommy does yo-yo tricks. Watching their show...
Correction to 10/5 ButtownDown
October 7, 2025
(I had gotten names mixed up; this is the same post; just with corrections.) Just an FYI: Randy Horton, that whacked-out tRumpy from Mitchell County who...
For Yancey County residents
October 6, 2025
Just an FYI: Randy Horton, that whacked-out tRumpy from Mitchell County who disrupted our peaceful “No Kings” demonstration on Town Square this summer has...
Cabaret, The Night Bob Fosse Died, Rhubarb seeds and more...s
October 1, 2025
Generally, I watch some YouTube videos and Colbert and/or Kimmel before I call it a night. Tonight, YouTube offered a story about Bob Fosse’s career as a...
The Party's Over-it's time to call it a day
September 21, 2025
- from “Bells are Ringing” by Cole Porter Most of you know that for many years, I have had a party - usually themed - every three months. Back in the 80’s,...
WARNING: ILL BEES! and other fun stuff
September 14, 2025
Because my memory is so poor now, I’m keeping a document titled “Tinyletter Ideas” on my desktop. The hand-lettered sign I used to see on NC 80 South -...
Cards Against Humanity
September 5, 2025
Years ago - and I can’t remember where or when or with whom - I played more than once a game called Cards Against Humanity. All I can remember about it was...
2025 Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
August 31, 2025
Click Here to Purchase Tickets Join the Carolina Mountains Literary Literary Festival for a one-day fundraising event featuring Margaret Renkl and Nickole...
Sadie and me and a drunk spider
August 29, 2025
Apparently, I’m not the only one in the household with dementia. My best friend, Sadie, a dog who’d never been inside a house until I got her (I think she...
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