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How bout I Throw the Book At You
I’m in Target, my home away from home, looking at their new books many with 30% 0ff. I’m perusing Jill Biden’s new memoir, View From The East Wing, that’s one of them. A middle-aged man in a seersucker suit stops … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, art, Beauty, Books, Culture, Fashion, grace, History, humanity, humor, kids, kindness, Love, money, New York City, parents, Politics, readng, shopping, women, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #firstamendmentfreddomofspeech, #goodreades, #Jillbidenmemoir, #joysofyiddishleorosten, #magnarepublicans, #Targetshoppers
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Oval and Out: U.S. Presidents
Richard Nixon in 1971 while president, pardoned Jimmy Hoffa, president of the Teamster’s Union after five years into serving a thirteen year prison sentence for jury tampering, mail fraud and bribery. Why I wonder did he feel sorry for someone … Continue reading
Posted in art, Books, Culture, Family, Health, History, humanity, humor, inspiration, Love, money, Politics, readng, words, writing
Tagged #geraldfordamericanpresidentseries, #goodreades, #presidentialhistory, #thepardonjeffreytoobinbook
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Memorial Day 2026
I wrote this in 2016. Ten years later to quote Abraham Lincoln, we need to bind up the nation’s wounds. Though she’s limping still with her head held high, I’m confident will prevail, or all the lives lost … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Books, Culture, Faith, grace, Gratitude, History, humanity, inspiration, kindness, Love, men, Politics, readng, Uncategorized, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged #arlingtonnationalcemetery, #honoringveterans, #lincolnsecondinauguraladdress, #memorialday2026, #usarmedforces
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Historically Speaking
Being with them was like sitting between two lions roaring at the same time…Mary Soames, the youngest of Winston Churchill’s five children on her father’s relationship with Franklin Roosevelt. Churchill said…meeting Roosevelt was like opening a bottle of champagne. … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Beauty, Books, Culture, Family, friendship, grace, History, Home, humanity, humor, inspiration, Love, media, men, money, Politics, readng, sex, war, women, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #churchillianquotes, #Franklindroosevelt, #goodreades, #lucymercerfrankinroosevelt, #winstonchurchhill, #WWII
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Did You Know…Quirky Facts
The singer Bobby Darrin dying at 37 after open-heart surgery suffering from a heart condition his whole life, left his body to science. On D-Day, June 6, 1945, facing Omaha Beach, soldiers used condoms to cover their rifle barrels to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Culture, Family, food, History, Home, humanity, humor, inspiration, internet, Love, media, money, Politics, readng, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #Americanhistory, #AmericanPresidents, #comedians, #famousquotes, #Hollywoodlore, #WWII, wildlife
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Did You Know…The Mob Edition
In the opening scene of The Godfather, when Vito Corleone coddles a kitten on his lap, it wasn’t in the script. The animal just wandered in, Brando one can say, making her a star. When Sonny Corleone gets … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cinema, Culture, Family, History, humanity, inspiration, media, men, money, Politics, readng, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged #goodreades, #jimmybreslinreporting, #thegodfathertrilogy, #thegoodratjimmybreslen, #themafia, #thesopranos
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Susannah’s Spring, Summer Reading List…2026
I was told I read too much. Rather than get offended took it as a compliment. What a wonderful thing to be accused of. It seemed to annoy this person that every time we meet I bring a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, History, humanity, inspiration, media, Politics, readng, travel, war, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #Americanhistory, #DavidMcCullough, #goodreades, #publiclibraries, #suspensenovels, #thefounders, #WWII
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Walking Down Fifth
Fifth Avenue can be cold with snapping winds, but not today, good news since I so love to stroll, the true flaneur that I am. It’s French for idle saunterer…one who walks unhurried. Yes, that’s me, the strolling … Continue reading
Posted in art, Beauty, Books, Family, Fashion, History, Home, humanity, inspiration, internet, kindness, money, nature, New York City, Politics, readng, religion, romance, shopping, violence, war, Women and men, words, writing
Tagged #centralparknyc, #newyorkhistory, #newyorksfifthavenue, #theodoreroosevelt, #walkingaroundnewyorkcity
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What Got My Attention
Four quotes; two singers, two writers, one baseball player. When you hit a wall, just kick it in…Patti Smith You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served…Nina Simone L.A. was a sunny place for … Continue reading
Posted in art, Books, Culture, grace, History, Home, humanity, humor, inspiration, kids, Love, men, music, parents, Politics, readng, women, words, writing
Tagged #goodadvice, #goodreades, #inspiringquotes, #loveofreading, #Mrrogers
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When You Want To Smack Mother Nature
It feels as if I’m trapped in a snow globe, or under house arrest since the city is paralyzed. I keep staring out the window looking for a sign of life that’s as still as a Currier and Ives … Continue reading
Posted in art, creative writing, Culture, History, Home, humanity, humor, internet, men, mental health, nature, New York City, Politics, readng, Starbucks, women, words, writing
Tagged #CurrierandIves, #dalailamabuddhism, #mikejohnsonuscapitol, #nycsnowstorm, #revjessejackson
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