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Proud To Be Volume 11 available now
Published in partnership with Southeast Missouri State University Press, the “Proud to Be” juried competition series provides hundreds of veterans, military personnel, and their family members from across the nation a platform to share their stories through writing and photography. Mature audiences only, due to language and subject matter. Code jan25 provides a 20% discount…
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Celebration Winter Solstice
Imogene adorned in her best attire, added a small bunch of holly, rinsed in the creek and shiny now. She hoped the deep green leaves and bright red berries contrasted well with her light ash brown hair. She pulled on her heavy fur shawl. This day was always cold. She started her walk toward the…
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Flight and Fancy
I sailed my ship through time gone by and never found the start I sailed my ship through days to come and never reached the end My trip was short through both extremes it took me just a second My ship defied the laws of physics its speed exceeded light I reached out through expanse…
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Aligning Images with Posts (Mixed Block Formats) and the PREVIEW button failure
Well, I discovered something today that did cause me some consternation until I finally accidentally fell into a partial solution. Kind of long story, so stick with me on this. I had been using my sister as a ‘user’, but she needed a nap, so I decided to use my own, pretty new Galaxy phone…
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Asking for Happiness
Submitted a CHAT request for a Happiness Engineer and did get an ‘auto’ email thanking me for my inquiry, but no actual response from a ‘Happy’ person after 1 hour. It may be because it’s a Saturday afternoon and maybe they actually do get a weekend off, (as they should), so I’m going to wait…
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People who liked a post and GRAVATAR
I was flattered and amazed when several readers liked one of my posts. (See jansmatters.com, THOUGHTS, The Rivers of Babylon) When I clicked on the box that was the person’s link, I thought I’d be taken to their WORDPRESS website. To my surprise, instead I was taken to something called GRAVATAR. What I’ve learned is…
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Gomez Upholstery and so much more
Yesterday I attended an open house at Gomez upholstery. The studio is soooo much more than upholstery, although I must say the upholstery on display is quite beautiful and artistic in its own right. The original art by Gomez, as well as fabrics galore, combined with the lovely decor provide a sensory experience I highly…