Category Archives: General

Wednesday blogging prompt: “fashion sense”

Posted on July 12, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is to ‘describe our fashion sense’. I’m tempted to say that I don’t have any, but I suppose I do dress in a deliberate matter, with an eye for simplicity, minimalism, and adaptability. … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Random Titles

Posted on July 11, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s TT is a freebie, and I can’t think of anything so I’m going to go with….ten random books. I asked Bing to supply a random number, which proved to be #73, so I’m going to go with the 73rd … Continue reading →

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Emergency Alert

Posted on July 6, 2023 by smellincoffee

Earlier today a disaster befell the citizens of Bedroom, when half of Mount Doom suddenly collapsed in a landslide covering not only parts of Bed, but part of the floor as well. Search parties were sent out and confirmed that … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday: Move over, Gagarin

Posted on July 4, 2023 by smellincoffee

When he got the call, Kittinger knew he had enough oxygen to stay up a little longer, and he wasn’t keen to end the mission just yet. Now at ninety-six thousand feet, he had a view of the Earth that … Continue reading →

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Midyear Review & June 2023

Posted on July 1, 2023 by smellincoffee

June was a proper broadside, no holds barred, no quarter given! Books tumbled from Mount Doom by the day, screaming in terror and leaving behind stray bookmarks and badly-bound pages in their wake. We are halfway through the year, so … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday because it’s Tuesday and not Wednesday as I’d previously believed

Posted on June 27, 2023 by smellincoffee

Harry and I were standing outside watching the sunset when Maria-Grazia came out dragging her suitcase. She was driving back to Italy that night, but that’s not why I did a double take. She appeared to be transformed. I almost … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tu- um, Wednesday

Posted on June 21, 2023 by smellincoffee

I missed yesterday’s Top Ten List because I was at the hospital doing my one-year transplant checkup. Everything looks peachy on that end: they were concerned about my low white blood cell count, but a shot and changes to my … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday posted from a phone edition

Posted on June 20, 2023 by smellincoffee

There is one drawback to not wearing a moustache, and that that if you don’t have one, you’ve got nothing to twirl when baffled. All you can do is stand with your lower jaw drooping like tired lily, looking a … Continue reading →

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Teesday Toosins

Posted on June 13, 2023 by smellincoffee

Today’s “Top Ten Tuesday” is ‘bookish wishes’, or books we’d like to own. But first! Teases! Teaser Tuesday, Or: A Buncha Quotes from Level Up That I liked “Hell no. I don’t want to make it weird. She’s just out … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday

Posted on June 6, 2023 by smellincoffee

Botanists tell us that the blossom is an evolution of the leaf–but they cannot say just why that particular bud should take from the same air and sunshine a fairer substance, a deeper color, a more permanent existence, and become … Continue reading →

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