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Last Call: Happy 4th of July

07/03/2021 Ms. G 0

Happy 4th of July, everyone. Thank you all for promoting democracy, stamping out fascism, and being the real Patriots our wing nut brethren could never dream of ever truly being. Hope everyone enjoys the holiday MORE

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07/02/2021 PMSwithESP 0

So it’s the 4th of July weekend. Woot-woot! Time to celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, signed 245 years ago! We owe our thanks to those radical revolutionaries and all of their hostility MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday: June 29, 2021

06/29/2021 Ms. G 0

Good morning, News Viewers. I know it’s hot in my neck of the woods, but to our friends in the Pacific Northwest, oh, my goodness…I know it’s sweltering for you guys and you’re not used MORE

Last Call

Last Call: June 26, 2021

06/26/2021 Ms. G 0

Happy Saturday evening, News Viewers. Hope your weekend is going well and everyone is staying safe. As Pride Month comes to an end, let us remember what happened on June 26, 2013: The Supreme Court “struck MORE

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It’s 5:00 Somewhere

06/25/2021 PMSwithESP 0

By this time next Friday, it will be July. Aside from all of my mixed feelings about celebrating Independence Day and all of that flag-waving around the country, July makes me melancholy marking the mid-point MORE

Talk o Tuesday

Talko Tuesday- June 21, 2021

06/22/2021 Ms. G 0

Good Morning, News Viewers. It’s so nice waking up to a cooling breeze, the doors and windows open to let it in, and no blazing heat. We started cooling off Sunday evening and it’s been MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

06/21/2021 Rachel Kennedy 0

I’ve often said “why isn’t there more blue food””– and the same is true for animals–why aren’t there more blue animals? Red, Green, Brown, Black among others make a limited palate and why? Blue animals MORE

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It’s 5:00 Somewhere

06/18/2021 PMSwithESP 0

Sunday brings Father’s Day, in case anyone has forgotten. My hope is that each of us has something to celebrate about Father’s Day. You may be one, or you may have parented in another sense. MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

06/14/2021 Rachel Kennedy 0

The Westminster Kennel Club still held its annual dog show this week– relocated with COVID protocols– but otherwise, the same fascinating show. This year, four new breeds were included and the Best In Show was MORE

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It’s 5:00 Somewhere

06/11/2021 PMSwithESP 0

So this week I started planning (for real this time) a road trip for next month. Each summer we look forward to packing up the summer car and heading Up North — more a state MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

06/07/2021 Rachel Kennedy 0

Good morning, News Viewers and Happy Monday; this is Free Range Free Chat, our open thread with the free-wide-open ranging themes of animals (including people and bugs), the environment (including the physical and political) and MORE

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It’s 5:00 Somewhere

06/04/2021 PMSwithESP 0

It’s hot, and I have (vaccinated) out-of-state family coming. Now I don’t have the heat wave the west coast is having, but we are looking at 90’s and humid right through the weekend. So I MORE

Free Range Free Chat

Free Range Free Chat

05/31/2021 Rachel Kennedy 0

Hiya from Free Range Free Chat, our open thread about all things living on this planet, and all things planet related as it supports that life.. Today is Memorial Day of 2021, a day set MORE

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It’s 5:00 Somewhere

05/28/2021 PMSwithESP 0

Summer officially kicks off this weekend, and while it hasn’t climbed above 50 degrees yet today, I’m willing to overlook today’s temps to a sunnier and warmer tomorrow, and I’m beginning to think about summer MORE