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Dogs of the outside world. DTDD: I Spoil Movies and I’m Proud of it, Whipple 2023. About page for a database of trigger warnings for movies. Hat tip to F. ~~~ For a while now, Jasmine, Rose & I have had similar breakfasts. The ladies each get an egg and a scoop of cottage cheese.Continue reading “Breakfast for the Ladies, Life With Dogs”

Awareness of the outside world. “After 200 years of living in close proximity, skin color really no longer works as a mechanism, right? … And so what they did was they decided to articulate new aspects of racial identity.” NPR, Shortwave: Fat Phobia And Its Racist Past And Present, radio & transcript, 2020. Also NPR:Continue reading “Circling Back To Square One”

Awareness of the outside world. Lowa UK: 6 Environmental Benefits of Walking. A marketing site, but useful info relevant to today’s post. They want to sell shoes, but they’re not wrong. ~~~ This appeared as a comment last week. It had enough good points that I wanted to rerun it in the main part ofContinue reading “The Pros & Cons, Guest Post, Morning Walk Stories”

Awareness of the outside world. A while back, I mentioned that Milton is on the hurricane ID list. Now that we have gotten to number 13, it’s weird to see the name in the news. Wishing safety to everyone in the path of this weather event. [Storm Season] ~~~ Results from recent feed run. CanContinue reading “Common as Muck, Keeping It Simple”

City Walk is a linear park under Highway 20/59 through Birmingham, Alabama USA. Hollow Sphere TheoryRandy GachetCity Walk BHAMSeptember 2024 Bham Now: City Walk Bham unveils latest sculpture by this local artist and ASFA teacher, Watson, 03/20/24 Untitledby AnonymousHwy 20/59 OverpassSeptember 2024 View from City Walk. Onwards!Katherine

Call Me Katherineby Katherine Walcott I hate the name I grew up with. It’s not a dead name or anything that dramatic. It’s a simple nickname. And I hate it. The name on my birth certificate is Katherine Xxxx Xxxxx. My mother thought that Katherine was pretty as a first name and that it gaveContinue reading “What Is The Story Of Your Name? Personal Narrative Assignment #1, Class #2”

Awareness of the outside world. WCNC: Mules are being used to carry supplies into western North Carolina. Brierton, October 1, 2024. Bandwidth limitations prevented me from watching the related video. I assume the mules are on there somewhere. ~~~ TrailheadDunnavant Valley GreenwayShelby County Alabama USAOctober 2024 Would like to walk this some day, but needContinue reading “The Trail Goes Ever On, Photography”