A New Pet

Plinky said, "Pick a new pet to take home for free." There’s no such thing as a free pet, as any responsible pet owner knows! Beyond the costs of housing and feeding the animal, you have to provide for health…

Books Per Year

Plinky asked, “About how many books do you read each year?” Last year is the first time I ever tried to track them, and I think it was 150+ according to GoodReads. I don’t know how to see the number…

Setting Up Shop

Plinky asked, “If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell? Food? Clothing? Books?” Books and needlework items! My former partner and I used to dream about opening a combination book/stitching/gaming/coffee shop. Of course, independent bookstores…

Laptops and Coffee Shops

Plinky asked,”Should coffee shops limit the amount of time that laptop users can occupy tables? Why or why not? What should the time limit be?” That depends on the coffee shop and its clientele. If a particular shop isn’t having…

NaPoWriMo

This is so cool. To honor National Poetry Month, there’s National Poetry Writing Month, which is providing daily poetry writing prompts for April. I immediately thought of Hope Evey. Because of this marvelous thing I’m seeing a poem a day…

Playing the Lottery

Plinky asked, "Do you ever purchase lottery tickets? Have you ever won?" I don’t ever purchase them – never have, can’t imagine that I ever will. I agree with whoever called them “a tax on people who are bad at…

NaBloPoMo April: Poem

This month’s blogging theme is “Poem.” Not poetry, but “Poem.” It’s in honor of National Poetry Month. It’s been a few years since I wrote any poetry, so to honor the theme I’ll point you to poetry I’ve shared elsewhere…

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