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  • Coffee Talk: My Desk is a Clutter Magnet

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    Tweet Welcome to another addition of Coffee Talk. The subject of this month’s writing challenge is as follows: Use a Household item as a Metaphor to teach a life or personal finance lesson In addition to an article of my own, at the bottom of this post, I will be linking to other great bloggers…

  • Entitlement programs vs Motorcycle Laws

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    Tweet Over Labor Day weekend, I decided to take a drive down to Connecticut  to do some much needed clothes shopping. It precipitated out of finally getting a bedroom set, which then led to the purchase of a full length mirror as my set didn’t come with any mirror.  The mirror was eye opening.  My…

  • Sept Coffee Talk Topic – Household Metaphors

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    Tweet  Folks, it’s time to start thinking about this month’s coffee talk subject. As these coffee talks are meant to stretch the particpants as writers, I thought the next few will also include something to practice in the English Language.  Metaphors, Puns, Similes , etc Use a Household item as a Metaphor to teach a life…

  • Babci does have her mushrooming standards

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    Tweet I did another quick mushrooming drive-by with Babci last night.   If you read this week’s article, you probably laughed that she was willing to have me risk life and limb to jump over an electric fence to grab a few mushrooms.  I wouldn’t and she’s still bitter about it.   As we were driving through…

  • Shroomin with Babci

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    Tweet This past weekend, actually this past month, I’ve been feeling rather horrible.  I finally got put on some antibiotics, but they weren’t strong enough and after they wore off my virus came back with a vengeance on Friday night.  That in addition to the rest of my family being under the weather as well,…

  • If You Like Babci, You’ll Love Michael and Molly

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    Tweet Hey guys,  just a quick note letting you know that my buddy Molly (from Molly on Money) has started a new blog with her husband Michael.  It’s called Michael and Molly’s House.   I always think of her as a younger, thinner version of Babci with an Art Degree.   Michael and Molly have made a…

  • What my Dysfunctional Family Taught Me About Life

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    Tweet Today’s Coffee Talk topic asks bloggers to write about the following sentence: “What my Dysfunctional ________ taught me about ________.” I will be posting a series of links at the end of this post with other bloggers who have chosen to participate in this event. These are always fun read. I had a hard…

  • Babci’s Cleaning and Storage Tips for Slobs

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    Tweet When you go to Babci’s house, for the most part, it looks tidy.  Here’s a little secret I’ll share with you.  She is actually a slob.    I think it’s due to a combination of growing up in a tiny house with no storage and having to work around the clock with manual labor. First…

  • Coffee Talk is Back – Mark you Calendars

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    Tweet I’ve recently received some feedback that my coffee talk topics have been missed, so by popular demand, I am bringing them back. It’s time for this Month’s Topic. I’ve decided to rename this regular series as Coffee Talk because it reminds me of SNL where Mike Meyers would give a topic and have people…

  • Uncle’s Story Part 3: Family and the Sad End

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    Tweet These last couple of weeks I’ve been writing about my uncle’s amazing life story into 3 much too short posts.  If you missed the other segments, you can go read Love During War and Digging out of Poverty  first. As my uncle dug himself out of poverty, he also did something very charitable.  He…