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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 12

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Mary Beth Frezon

I got up and found it had snowed. Seriously snowed. Snowplow had come through more than once kinda snowed and it was still snowing. Yup Third winter. The squirt had slept with me but everyone was up and roaming around … Continue reading →

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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 8

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Mary Beth Frezon

It is tiring • and I wonder if this is • how it felt for Eve • as the door closed Continue reading →

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The Gettysburg Address

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. Continue reading →

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Still on the Brink of the Web

Posted on November 19, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Deep in my gut I think that even if the Far Right folks prevail in real life, no one will care as long as their cat pictures and videos can still be posted. I am SO positive about this. I hate it. I remember when I had to continually explain what a blog was, so there’s not much can be done about my disappointment in this. Continue reading →

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January 6, 2023

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

Two years ago, I sat, like many, watching the insurrection unfold on live television. I’d started out with the intention, like many, to watch this thing called the electoral college do its supposedly boring task and accomplish its part in … Continue reading →

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