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Friday, October 17, 2025
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The mysterious stone formations in South America
On the Bolivian shores of Lake Titicaca, near the ancient site of Puma Punku, lie mysterious stone formations carved with extraordinary precision. Dating back over 1,000 years and linked to the Tiwanaku civilization (500–1000 CE), these stones rest nearly 3,800 meters above sea level, amid one of the world’s most enigmatic archaeological regions.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
My name was Oreo, and I am also a children's book
After only eight years with me, a very sweet, funny, and special boy cat has left me and his brother and sister cats here, and we will miss him so much. No replacing him, either: he was the most gentle cat I have ever seen, and so willing to adapt to changes in homes that happened to us.
My thought is that if you have a special dog or cat: if you need something to do or just feel the creative urge, write stories about your pet. Include pictures. And then you can publish it for some little boy or girl to use to learn to read. And you and the memory of your pet will grow in the hearts of those children.
I wrote this a few years ago, but now it is all I have aside from my memories and pictures. But I also have the hope that some child will find this funny, just as I did as I watched it all happen. And the thoughts of my dear friend, Oreo, also called "The Flumps," will bring some happiness again. I miss him so much already.
Hello! Let me tell you my name. I am The Flumps. I live with a person who feeds me. He loves me a lot too. I agree: I am worth it.
My real name is “Oreo” like the cookie. I am three years old. I was a Christmas present for a young girl who lived with her grandmother and her service dog. But the person who feeds me and keeps me warm calls me “Flumps.”
That is what he says I do: I fall down and go “flump” on the bed or the rug when I am tired. It feels good, and then I sleep.
(You need to read more about me in the book...)
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Monday, September 29, 2025
Young Michael Jordan Vs Rival Len Bias In College Duel - UNC vs. Maryland
Sunday, September 28, 2025
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
See here...look into my eyes....
you are getting sleepy...
to leave comments about this blog.
that assignment that is hard to write...
You don't say? You don't say--so here's a few words

Well, here's a reminder: it's not Mary, even if she does drink like a fish.
Oh. That reminds me--it's not sturgeon either, although you could become a sturgeon if you get good grades in college and get accepted to medical school. You might actually learn something on this blog about college--or maybe even about grades.
You could do me the honor of a comment about how this blog is doing. No swordfish, please. Mary said so. At least SHE cares--as soon as I find out the new password.
With that introduction being done, it's time for the conclusion.
Make a note: this is MY voice. Well, it's my fingers. That guy in the mortar-and-tassel hat borrowed them--and had me type this. It wasn't my idea--it was his. He just kept stirring around in my head and saying things like "I'll wait until one of us is good and ready. I've never been good. But I was always ready." I agree, Groucho.
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"So--you're back again? Well, there's a price to pay this time.
"Trust me. You can learn a lot in a place like this from me. And maybe you'll learn about cars--or education. They go hand-in-hand. I took my girl's hand and led her to my car--and boy, did I get an education."
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(In fact, writing that was an education from the maestro himself; and let me tell you it sure was wild to find myself as a medium-in-writing-assistance mode with Groucho. Mark Twain and O. Henry have also borrowed me in similar ways, and of course, Oscar W. You might say I led a real Wilde time in a past life. And I'm completely Earnest about that.)


