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Views from My Nineties
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Views from My Nineties: Love, Food, Life! Reflections of a ninety-year-old woman on her world. https://www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/
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"The March"
"Nothing I can add to what you’ve likely read and heard about the tens of thousands of us across the country. Just that I’m so glad I did it…."
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-march/

#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #SantaCruz #NoKingsSantaCruz #NoKingsInAmerica #NoKingsDay #Indivisible
My I Love America Morning!

"This Saturday (October 19th) I’m going to join the No-Kings Protest here in Santa Cruz."

www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/my-i-love-am...

#NoKings #NoKingsProtest #SantaCruz #SantaCruzCalifornia
The Trip That Settled Traveling Again?

" ... travel ain’t what it used to be.

"I loved it until this last trip."

Read on:
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-trip-tha...

#Travel #Travelling #TravellingChallenge #OnlineCheckIn #LovetoTravel
"I can’t imagine there is even a handful of women of a certain age on this planet who, this morning, don’t feel diminished by the loss of their sister, Jane Goodall."
Read the full post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/the-inspirin...

#DrJaneGoodall #JaneGoodall #JaneGoodallInstitute #Gombe
A Happy Accident
Excerpt: "Bill broke the cup by accident … Fate tore it at a good time. .... In perfect harmony with the rest of my life…."
Full Post: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/a-happy/

#Malibu #Limoges #LimogesPorcelain #TeaCup #Stoneware #HappyAccident #Chaotic #Kitchen #LettingGo #Fate
Crazy to Sing!
"Each year there was a Spring Sing–the annual meeting of all the clubs focused on the competition of clubs singing."

Read on: www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/crazy-to-sing/

#SpringSing #Choir #ChoirCompetition #PerfectPitch #Soprano #GleeClub #ChurchChoir #YMCA
A Cinematographer to Keep an Eye on
We are over the moon exultant at the news of #cinematographer Christopher Ripley’s achievement in the #VeniceFilmFestival.
Chris is boon companion of our granddaughter, James Francis Whelan IV.
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/a-cinematogr...
all of the above, please!
14 #BannedBooks
15 #Immigration
16 #Feminism / #WomensRights
17 #Library / #Librarians
18 #BookLovers / #Books

You can choose any or all. Whichever pack(s) you feel are most applicable to you 😉

FINAL CALL is 3 PM EST
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People tend to be focused on addressing the "symptom" of issues, thinking it'll make the "cause" less of an issue

The problem isn't the symptom; the root cause is fueling the symptom

Blaming the symptom is protecting the cause & justifying it to shift focus/blame & the opposite of problem solving
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Comfort In Case You’ve Just Suffered A Big Disappointment, Too~
Department of Misery Loves Company … Mayhap …
~By Sylvia Thompson, A Cook Who’s Been Working in A Kitchen 82 Years…

www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/comfort-in-c...

#MiseryLovesCompany #Pastitsio #LaborDay #Recipe #BestRecipe
Checking In ~ End of Summer 2025

"Yesterday I wrote my children asking if they remembered where they were forty years ago on that day…. "
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/checking-in-...

#CheckingIn #EndofSummer #HappyAnniversary #VeniceInternationalFilmFestival #Torcello #RisottoRecipe #HappyLaborDay
My Nights with Harry Bosch
" .... I discovered there’d been a TV series based on Connelly’s 24 Harry Bosch novels .... Whoa. Was it still available to watch?"
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/my-nights-wi...

#MichaelConnelly #HarryBosch #TVSeries #DetectiveFiction #DetectiveSeries #BoschLegacy
Have You Tasted Sublime Fresh Spinach Lately?

Read the full post to find out how and why:
www.sylviathompsonsblog.com/have-you-tas...

#Recipe #Spinach #FreshSpinach #SpinachRecipe