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Oh how I hate to even pen this topic. I feel I am betraying the movement that I so embrace. I mean what better car to have in this economy? We were so excited when we got this new car. I have to add in here that I am a car dealer’s daughter, [...]

by Baltimore Spencer
A WASHINGTON POST article from 16 May said there are some things running hot in this economy. Can you guess? Well, according to sales figures: chocolate, wine and Spam are up.
From the article: “Strong sales of Spam, Dinty Moore stew and chili helped Hormel Foods Corp. post a 6 percent increase in first [...]

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I had the distinct pleasure of actually meeting Malcolm Gladwell the author of “The Tipping Point”. It’s an excellent book that profiles turning points in some current issues. We all see tipping points after they happen, but some sage people catch a ride on the wave. Unfortunately, the going “Green” tide [...]

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I don’t mean online, online, I guess I really mean in line. If you ever meet me in a store, bank or post office—you will meet me. I talk online to everyone. Now I do not do it if someone gives me a dirty look or won’t be receptive, but by and [...]

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I am about to turn on most of my female friends when I post this one. When did the great American woman purse turn into an “investment piece”? I heard that Michelle Obama did not carrying a purse on her trip to London and meeting the Queen. I say, BRAVO! I would love [...]

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So when exactly did littering come back in fashion again? It kind of started creeping in slowing over the years and now when I look at the edges of the freeway, it looks like the rim of a landfill. Now, our infamous Sheriff here in Phoenix has taken it upon himself to get [...]

I have much to do today, sometimes too much. The thing about getting old and out of school is you miss that fall/spring break time that students get. Really, each year just melds into the next with barely a breather. I don’t even know how old I am because it’s all the same at this [...]

My husband and I went to a party and it was at a friend’s new home. It was lovely all designed perfectly, very mature furnishings and not a spot in the house out of place. We just don’t live like that. We furnished our house with his, mine and ours and some “Early American Relative”. [...]

Once I tell you, you may find you go to the same one. I know this may seem insignificant, but in such a big city that is important. I am from a small hometown where everyone knows you and you know that “sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name” thing is really [...]