Miscellaneous

Adopt a Senior Pet During Cancer Awareness Month 

Spooky season is over folks, so it is time to welcome November. This month ushers in the winds of gratitude and giving during the highly anticipated Thanksgiving Holiday. Alas, there’s plenty of time to gab about the gobble gobble and the frenzied orgiastic dinners taking place later this month. Right now, we would like to […]

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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”  Mental Health is defined as a state of mind characterized by emotional well-being, good behavioral adjustment, relative freedom from anxiety and disabling symptoms, and a capacity to establish constructive relationships and cope with the ordinary demands and stressors of life. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!               I believe it is accurate,

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Rustling leaves, psychological theories and Michael Myers

“Dun dun dun dun-dun, Dun dun dun dun-dun, Dun dun dun dun-dun.“ The crinkling, crushing, crunching, whimsically-peaceful dance of the rustling leaves beneath our feet. The corn of the candied kind. The anticipatory desire of a magical, chaotic witches brew. All of the aforementioned reek of the ghoulish harvest hurtling toward us and our upcoming

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Sombrero wearing dogs, harvest moons and rubber ducks

In Latin, “octo” means eight – October’s place in the Roman calendar when March was the first month. It is now the 10th month in the Gregorian calendar. In Old England, October was called Winmonath, or “wine month,” for the season’s wine production, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac. It was also known as Winterfylleth,

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Fight on, fight on ‘Til you have won

Hail Victory! Braves on the Warpath! Fight for old D.C.! Fight on, fight on ‘Til you have won Sons of Wash-ing-ton. Rah!, Rah!, Rah! From Touchdown Jesus, (the “Word of Life” mural on the Hesburgh Library grounds at Notre Dame, with the depiction of Jesus with upraised arms, which resembles a referee signaling a touchdown),

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Summer Vacation, Maplewoodstock, and Mayor’s Music

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadows.” He Said ~ Even though we are less than a month into summer, it already feels as if the long, HOT, days of this solstice are rapidly fading.  Perhaps it is because most take vacations during this time – trips to exotic

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Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

She Said ~ The room buzzed with excitement, as conversations unfolded amongst strangers in the small, quaint Springfield, NJ, library. The walls were adorned by the work of local artists and artifacts of interest. Five rows of chairs neatly lined next to one another added to a sense of community and comradery. Admittedly, I was

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Idle Idols Celebrate Influential Impotence

She Said ~  Tone-deaf:  a genuine inability to perceive pitch differences in music, or a lack of awareness or sensitivity to social cues and the impact of one’s words or actions on others.  Admittedly, this is a strange way to describe the 2025 Tony Awards, but it is accurate. Before my very eyes, the gifted

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