Old cat sees yarn fond memories

Many of the easier discoveries never happen because the big shots are looking for the stuff that will yield profits and power.

For your hogmanay I wish you health, wealth, and especially happiness. (Hogmanay is a New Years gift.)

Remember to sing happy songs and cry regretful tears. Love is just a moment - here and gone, recalled cross the years. http://ping.fm/B1fNB

I used to think in the long run, then the short. Now it's a dash at best.

Today we celebrate Gambrinus, mighty king inventor of beer. While we're at it, a bowl of mussels adds our cheer

Almost finished with first draft of Tales From the Dew Drop Inne: Because there's one in every town. another good reading novel.

If somebody has simple answers, they are probably lying. Life is complex. For those of us who are neurotic, it's more complex than that.

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I searched for wisdom until senility found me.Now I know that I need not know, which means I am wise.

One of those sites that are too funny to miss. http://ping.fm/ZLINh

An important book and a good read: Memoirs From the Asylum http://ping.fm/J3yCF

The true joy of the solstice is the knowledge that we will not continue tipping until we fall over.

The winter solstice is upon us here in the northern hemisphere. Fear not, spring will come. Summer will warm. Life will continue -- or not.

When jury nullification works for the good:
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I would like to find the perfect place. However if I go looking, I am pretty sure I'll end up right where I am.

Writing is like riding a bicycle; once you get rolling, it's fun to see where you go.

Some things are better known by body than mind -- Consider music: better that your feet know it. Dance now, tomorrow may be without song.

Have you asked your library to buy copies of Widow's Walk and Memoirs From the Asylum for their collection. Please do.

Have you hugged your bacteria today? Too often we forget to be thankful for the good ones.

Cloud cover means I can't see lunar eclipse. Good. That means I don't have to feel guilty about not getting up in the middle of the night.

If you still think the GOP cares about people and their welfare, http://ping.fm/P89KW

For a meaningful comedic read about Christmas and toys try: http://ping.fm/zqU86

Today being Friday the not thirteenth, you are expected to have fun, laugh, and read good books. Make it a pre-Christmas day of joy.

Have you considered truth as an alternative? Novelists tell truths that matter.

An interview with my good friend and fellow author, Oana. http://ping.fm/G8GFS

To remind you of us http://ping.fm/mcU9P

Have you bought a book today? This week? This month? How about this year? Books are lifeblood of intellect and the light of minds.

Books for the holiday - a gift of thought and inspiration.

The crazy moralist meets the litigious transsexual. The madness of America. http://ping.fm/Ulre5

Finished a vampire story. Something new for me. Now what to do with it? The unpleasure of marketing.

The secrets of the night drift into the sloth of morning. Tomorrow? Perhaps.

Were I to love and then to wed/ I'd take the lady to my bed./For love is grand and so is said/better love than being dead.

1941 - The bombing of Pearl Harbor. War is the ultimate human folly. Yet those who fight are the most noble of our species.

Seven illegal drugs that have good medical uses.
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When we have to give the good guys guns to keep us under control, we may be doing something wrong.

Tyranny is most easily achieved by creating an enemy against which one can lead the battle.

Governments often act as if they need wars to maintain themselves & credibility.

12/4 Cave Creek Thieves' Market, stop by and say hi. 8-3. Get your signed copies of Memoirs From the Asylum and Widow's Walk.

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.

12/2/1954, Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." Yea!

Today is Independence day in Iceland, now if they can get rid of those debts. No independent country should listen to foreign bankers.

Join me on blog talk radio Dec 2 (8 Eastern). We're talking about dreams. http://ping.fm/gV8C5