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Last year my husband spotted his first spotted lantern fly. He was across town at the time, nowhere near our property, but it’s only a matter of time before the bugs work their way over here. Related: a couple of … Continue reading →

2024 was not a good year. I wrote the preceding sentence and immediately thought to myself, “Have any of the recent years been good?” I doubt I’d describe them as such. But last year was a real doozy in terms … Continue reading →

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry: I am a sucker for book- and book-shop-based stories, and the film’s title naturally caught my interest. Netflix didn’t provide a trailer, so I didn’t entirely know what I was getting into. On the … Continue reading →

I’ve always loved disaster films and dystopian films. As a kid, I was fascinated by movies such as Damnation Alley, Earthquake, and Planet of the Apes. In Damnation Alley there were hordes of cockroaches that ate everything, including people, chewing … Continue reading →

Marshall’s Page 10/2/2016: I am Marshall. I am in 2nd grade, and I am seven years old. My favorite TV shows are “Odd Squad,” “Nature Cat,” and “Ready Jet Go!” My favorite activity is playing my tablet. My favorite games … Continue reading →

I struggle more with language now than I did when I was younger. It’s part of why I blog so much less frequently these days–I’m too tired for battle. But, difficulty in using language is a sign of mental decline, … Continue reading →

I spent the tail end of New Year’s Eve in the usual way: with my family, watching a TV broadcast of the ball dropping in Times Square. As the people in the crowd chanted the countdown (“ten, nine, eight, . … Continue reading →

I had fallen a day behind on the Advent Calendar, for which I felt really bad. To make up for it, today I made tickets to cover every day through Tuesday. Now, with just a week of tickets left to … Continue reading →

My hearing is not so great. Yesterday I was in the kitchen while that popular Shaboozey song was playing on the radio in the living room. The chorus sounded like “Everybody at a park in Texas” or “Everybody had a … Continue reading →

I deactivated my Twitter account today. If I don’t reactivate it within 30 days, it will be permanently deleted, and permanent deletion is the goal. I also posted a good-bye message on Facebook, and I’ll be deactivating that account shortly. … Continue reading →