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“My father was an alcoholic and I heard all the time, ‘Can’t you do anything right? What’s the matter with you? Can’t you do anything right?’, so with the ribbons, I was like, ‘Oh, I can do something right.’,” Johnson said.

"Johnson stitched 609 of her ribbons together into a quilt. The quilt won her yet another blue ribbon in 2023 – and a spot in the Smithsonian Museum’s Renwick Gallery."

https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/new-mexico-state-fair-ribbon-quilt-now-on-display-in-smithsonian/

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If you're going to read about Jenny Larson, The Bloggess, speaking at the LoC during the National Book Festival? Expect that her speech, & everything leading up to or away from it, will be . . . furiously happy. Terrified. And pretending it never happened.

With a Library of Congress card.

Enjoy. 🙃

https://thebloggess.com/2026/08/28/i-spoke-at-the-library-of-congress-and-im-pretty-sure-they-asked-me-as-a-mistake-but-im-so-glad-they-did/

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Current Music: Air purifier

Victoria Strauss talks about some of the latest things seen.

I feel for my fellow creatives, and also for groups that want to actually contact writers to invite them places. Because most of us ignore everything now. Much harder to get the attention of a writer.

https://writerbeware.blog/2026/08/28/production-companies-literary-agents-foreign-languages-ai-driven-scams-continue-to-morph/

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Current Music: Air purifier

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library.

Here's what the charity does ⬇️

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/dolly-parton-imagination-library-1138409/

No one is perfect, but I think Dolly Parton tried her best to do good whenever life gave her the opportunity. She will be missed by the world, and may her name be whispered on the wind for generations to come.

Creator, visionary, woman who laughed and loved the world. GNU Dolly Parton.

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I don't know if I could use David Maltbie anywhere in Allie's World, because he died young (by my count--my family is mostly long-lived) in 1807. His years as a spy for Washington were so buried it took generations before it surfaced. He did leave behind a widow and seven children (?) and as he was successful later in life, I hope they were fine. But here's a taste of what is known about still another spy for General George Washington, still another man who had ties to Connecticut.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-connecticut-teenager-spied-on-the-british-during-the-american-revolution-succeeding-where-nathan-hale-failed-180989309/

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I cannot wait to see this. Depending on where the medical is (Oh, dear dog, a year of WTAF? but not giving up) I will even go to the theater for it.

COYOTE Vs. ACME.

They owe him SO much for all those crappy products!

https://youtu.be/0yGrVVFNKF4?si=pqJq_1O6UKPhmvxG

Here's more on the bewildering turn of events that shelved this awesome heir to "Who Killed Roger Rabbit?" before it ever hit the screen. And then the distributor that has bought it to release. I hope they make a fortune. Pretty sure I will want a copy of this film!

https://apnews.com/article/coyote-vs-acme-interview-warner-bros-f3ce1106f191a8ef2cc6e26bf8b73fe9?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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The Internet is made of cats.

But a bodega cat has been interviewed, and he wants to let you know--he can't fix your life for you.

He is open to a few scritches, however.

(And if your landlord accepts mice in payment for rent, maybe he *can* help.)
( I Can't Fix Your Life; I'm Just a Bodega Cat Stretching )

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Enjoy a couple of minutes of a happy ending to a wildlife story.

https://youtu.be/sjNpfz4UzqU?si=fhKvdATvvF46Esdp

Just a simple intro. Dayglow and nightglow also exist, as sub-categories. It can be reproduced in a lab!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airglow

Example can be found over on FB, if you still have that hanging around. This is photographer Bryan Hansel's Page. So may be public.

https://www.facebook.com/Bryan.Hansel.Photography/posts/pfbid0SGcAMoA5jmYhLBjAZmjD6RJ5AqfSjmEBWGtCw6dz1rC9txcGU1V3auBYzeBv74uyl

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The Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards were announced today. Here's a sample of the photos.

https://www.popsci.com/science/milky-way-photographer-of-the-year-2026/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

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I'd need a bigger guest room, and the shower somewhere I would not think about cleaning it all the time.

But this was done with love, taken care of, and the SCENERY!

It is, alas, out of budget.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4385-Wildwood-Ln-Anacortes-WA-98221/23383466_zpid/?

Stopping by to let you know about a new scam currently coming out of Paypal and causing big trouble.

It can be beaten. As always, Do Not Panic.

Read on. And curse a few scammers. Ways to report this are in the article!

https://www.tedcromwell.com/blog/that-pending-paypal-charge-email-is-a-scam-even-though-it-really-came-from-paypa

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Charles is offering the story in PDF and in EPUB.

ICE cane to Newford, that magical boundary where faerie and humankind can meet.

Big mistake.

https://www.charlesdelint.com/IceOut.html

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus pawb!

Gwnewch y pethau bychain mewn bywyd.

Don't worry about him. They got him back to the woods.

https://apnews.com/article/owl-sleeping-antique-store-new-york-oddities-b5d1c494d0369fb0e3c5051b835fb3b2

Alicia writes beautifully, and loves the Napoleonic Era. So this is probably great!

*A secret meeting. . .the wrong interruption. . .a murder unsolved. Can she rely on a man she has never trusted?*

Book View Cafe is delighted to announce a #Regency CSI tale from Alicia Rasley, MURDER AT THE BRIGHTON INN. Now in #ebook & #paper!

#RegencyCSISeries, #RegencyPeriod, #RegencyRomance, #ForensicMystery, #MysteryDetective #TraditionalRegencyRomance

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-murder-at-the-brighton-inn-by-alicia-rasley/

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

*** More plot if you want more teaser--the link goes to a sample, too.

Their secret meeting at the Brighton Inn is interrupted by a man from the past…. and a murder unsolved. Can she rely on a man she has never trusted?

It’s a decade after Napoleon’s defeat, but the war still haunts even the victors. Linked by family and by grief, divided by social class, Russian widow Natasha and navy doctor Matthew have lived for years in mutual distrust. But when she’s suspected of killing a man from her past, she reaches out to Sir Matthew for help. It takes both his medical training and her intuition to solve the mystery of the murder at the Brighton Inn– and the secret of her own troubled past.

Regency CSI Book 1

It's a big study. Times and thoughts on things change, but it looks like coffee and tea in moderation can be protective for drinkers. I also drink a couple of cups of caffeinated coffee for other health reasons, so this becomes doubly useful.

Ironically, it was tea for many years until about ten years ago. And I started drinking coffee because my system demanded it. Took years to know why.

Yes, I am slightly picky. Single source, high mountain, caffeinated. Always Central American coffees first!

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2844764

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Current Location: An ancient seabed
Current Music: Air purifier

"Welcome to the Sexy Public Servants Charity Calendar, where True Love is Only a First Responder Away."

How about an omnibus of *four* complete novels about the Sexy Public Servants Charity Calendar guys? Expect Hallmark sweet with some spicy heat. 🌸

It's THE CALENDAR HEROES by Michele Dunaway, now in #ebook at #BookViewCafe & other fine ebook establishments.

#ContemporaryRomance, #FirefighterRomance, #FirstResponders, #ManOfTheMonthCalendar, #Paramedic, #PoliceOfficer, #SweetWithAHintOfSpice, #TheCalendarHeroesSeries

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-the-calendar-heroes-by-michele-dunaway/

*This is a test of how does the new Create HTML work with a post like this.... May be under construction!

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Current Location: An ancient seabed

Most people I know dealing with weird medical have something strange going on with the amino acids and probiotics that exist in their gut. This causes problems, and some of us are very effected by foods we eat--or can't--and even air quality, wildfire smoke, people doing stupid things burning stuff, and so on.

So this new info may interest a bunch of you. Turns out Vitamin B1 may have a lot to do with gut motility.

https://www.sciencealert.com/boosting-one-vitamin-may-have-a-surprising-effect-on-your-poop-schedule

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Current Location: An ancient sea bed

However. From the lengthy comments on one of these photos? Buying fairytale mushrooms dried, in a package, can give you the wrong mushrooms. Worst case, the packaged ones may be a poisonous substitution.

Maybe we should wait until the spores are isolated and can be cultivated?

https://nhmu.utah.edu/articles/experts-explore-new-mushroom-which-causes-fairytale-hallucinations

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Current Location: Great Lakes

Life, Interrupted

We dance four times with the Fates....

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Now this is success. (Quilting Edition)

Writers at the National Book Festival 2026! Here's Jenny Larson on Surviving it.

So, Ai has made scamming much, much faster. And a nightmare for creatives.

Since odds are you already know that Dolly has Gone West. . . .

Maybe research, maybe just an interesting commentary on hidden spies in history.

TAKE MY MONEY (COYOTE Vs. ACME)

If Your Internet is Made of Cats, a McSweeney's for You.

A woman got help for an injured crow. And its family and friends keep bringing thank-you gifts. :)

I just found out about airglow. You might enjoy knowing about it.

Just breathe. The Milky Way is waiting for you. . . .

Because you might need a house to tour. Er--castle?

An article about a new scam you need to know about--

A new free short story from fantasist Charles de Lint, a tale of Newford.

It's St. David's Day!

Seems like a good night for a little lost owl.

New at BVC from Alicia Rasley, a Regency CSI Mystery!

Yes, Coffee and Tea May Be Good for You

A new Ebook Release from a friend--- Contemporary Romance! Hallmark with Spice!

A really niche post but might interest people dealing with weird medical

There's a mushroom that will allow most folks to see the Lilliputians. . . .

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