Lonely Condom Seeks Valentine

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Valentine’s Day with National Condom Week Is it any surprise that today is not only Valentine’s Day but also National Condom Week? Not to me. I can see the correlation here. Honestly, can’t you see it? Here we are embarking on another V-day where expectations are high and demand is even higher. So, she is [...]

Helpful Phrases to Use When Writing

Wordy Wednesday Here is a list of Useful Phrases for writers. It is hard sometimes to come up with that perfect phrase that fits the billet, that completes the thought and rounds off the idea. I offer you 26 phrases that will help any writer. The words can be moved about, added to or changed [...]

Quilt Because It’s Beautiful

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Today is National Quilting Day. I wonder if you have ever looked closely at a quilt and what it takes to create one? It is a wonder and an amazement to look at those close stitches one after the other, one as close to the other as possible. When I was being taught how to [...]

Sweet Serenity with Books in Sequestered Nooks

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“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Whether you like reading while holding a book in your hands or reading on a well lit screen where the words glow at you, you are still a reader of the written word. A book is a [...]

Vivaldi to Bust March Doldrums

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Spring fever starts to set in as this is March, when the weather becomes oppressive getting a teeny bit warm then gusts of cold air keep us indoors. Today marks the birth of one of the most celebrated composers of the Baroque Era, Vivaldi. Best known for his famous Violin Concerto, The Four Seasons, which [...]

Pig To Eat or Not to Eat…

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The question of whether Pig Day is a time to honor pigs by “giving them a break” or to appreciate their offerings (spare ribs, bacon and ham) is an open one. I would imagine that this holiday was contrived for the winter doldrums and cabin fever when in the middle of the snow covered stretches [...]

For Pete’s Sake Bread to Bake

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We have become very familiar with the brotherly St. Peter since he was the one who denied Jesus three times anyway, it is easy to take his name in vain. Or when irritated that someone had done something really stupid and you cry out, “For Pete’s sake! What did you do that for?” You get [...]

Love and Money Equals Happiness?

Dear Baba Rumcake, Tell me, is it really wrong to like someone more when you find out they have money? Assuming you liked them already. Wondering in Wichita Dear Wondering, I suppose being a gold digger and a social climber is not so bad. There should be no reason for remorse about being shallow and [...]

Discouraged in Peoria

Dear Baba Rumcake, I wish people didn’t give me presents for my birthday instead of surprising me. I mean, I never get anything that I will use so it just adds to junk I have around the house or have to give away. I was just given a snowman mug, a weird scarf, a cheap [...]