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The Daddy-Daughter Downpour

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November 23, 2025November 23, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 24 Comments

When our parents used to tuck us into bed at night, Mother usually sang something---they had a broad repertoire of folk songs---and Daddy was our stories guy. He had an ongoing saga about a pair of mischievous alligators, "the Lucys," who followed us on all our travels, getting into trouble as they tried to keep … Continue reading The Daddy-Daughter Downpour

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"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts."

~ Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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    joannerambling on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 19, 2025

    I could be better but I could also be a lot worse

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    Roots Enroutes on PortofinoDecember 19, 2025

    Lovely picture. As someone who cannot for the life of me write poetry, I find myself entranced by yours.

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    Farah Arshad on “There’s No Place Like Home”December 19, 2025

    Exactly 💯.There is no place like home 🏠

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    Kana Smith on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 19, 2025

    Whew!--You are clearly not sharing our winter storm-weather. It's spitting freezing rain outside, and yessterday's wind-storm shredded several panels of…

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    Kana Smith on Technology & the SickBed-NestDecember 19, 2025

    It's funny how the COMFORT is what comes through in memory, more than the sick-ickiness...

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