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Bloggy Shout Out

Just had to give a bloggy shout out to Nicole over at The Middlest Sister.  She has just passed 5000 subscribers!  Whoo hoo! The sky’s the limit as far as I’m concerned when you’ve got mad talent like hers. She … Continue reading

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Let’s Go For A Visit!

Hi de ho, Guys and Gals – Today I’m going for a little visit to The Byronic Man‘s blog.  Won’t you join me? Our genial host, Joel, is a bon vivant, a raconteur; in short, just the sort of Renaissance man-about-town … Continue reading

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Friday Folderol

Howdy folks! Just a few little items before we break for the weekend.  1) WordPress has something messed up with their Reader function which lists new posts for subscribed blogs.   Some blogs have totally dropped of my list in the last month, some … Continue reading

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The Jacket: Time To Hang It Up

Polling is closed for The Jacket Writing Competition.  The people have spoken and we have a winner. Drumroll please…. Congratulations to Darla at She’s a Mainiac!  Whoo hoo!  It was neck and neck, but she narrowly edged out Shauntelle in … Continue reading

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The Jacket: Voting Deadline Looms

Howdy guys and gals! Today is the last day for voting in The Jacket writing competition.  I’m closing up shop at 5 because, you know, it’s Friday and I have a life.  Deal with it.  Please, please go and vote.  Some … Continue reading

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The Jacket: A Sordid Past Revealed

When The Jacket came to me, its history was a mystery (hey, that rhymes!)  Come with me now, back, back, back in time…about a month.  I hunted down this great, vintage, green polyester jacket at the Goodwill, bagged it and hauled … Continue reading

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The Jacket: Polling Is Open

The finalists in The Jacket Writing Competition have been selected. Boy, howdy this was tough!  I asked a distinguished panel of 3 judges to review the entries for me.  Our criteria was simple: we were looking for an interesting story, told well.  We … Continue reading

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The Jacket: Entries, The End

Time to sit back, put your feet up on your desk and read the final 5 entries in The Jacket: Writing Competition.   They are all unusual, as usual. Don’t forget to visit the blogs of those who choose to have blogs.  … Continue reading

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The Jacket: Entries, Post Four

The contest is closed, but the goodness just keeps on rolling here at Peg-o-Leg’s The Jacket writing competition. You know the drill.  If not, look over to the right to read all about what’s going on here. This is the … Continue reading

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The Jacket: Entries, Post Three

Happy Friday, and welcome to the next batch of entries in The Jacket: A Writing Competition.  If you’re breaking into a rousing chorus of “What’s It All About, Alfie?”  right about now, then 1)      You have good taste in music … Continue reading

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