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To Life, and Courage (and DuoLingo)

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October 16, 2025October 23, 2025 ~ Kana Smith ~ 30 Comments

"Pearls Before Swine" by Stephen Pastis I never realized that John Steinbeck was a biologist. It's not what he's known for, certainly, and it's not what he was educated for, but it's what he did, for a time. Actually, with regard to education, he left even his English degree incomplete... not that its lack held … Continue reading To Life, and Courage (and DuoLingo)

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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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