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Weekly wrap up posts talking about what I've been up to plus weekly (or biweekly) tiara posts and the occasional surprise bonus entry

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Weekly Wrap Up 129

My weekly blog post. Links this week include an auction featuring lots of cat items, a site where you work with others to recreate painting masterpieces one stroke at a time and an ancient musical tribute to a loved one. I have a kitty visitor! I also show off some postcards I bought. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Colorful Jugendstil Tiara

This week's tiara is a delightfully colorful one that kind of reminds me of Jolly Rancher candies.

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Weekly Wrap Up 128

My weekly blog post. Links this week include cosplaying as museum exhibits, an opportunity to engage in some citizen science and putting your site out there on a pixel map. I show off some postcard club mail, shout out a web event and a blog post, I offered up an entry for a digital graveyard and somebody local is making LAN parties still a thing! Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Snakes on a Tiara

This week we're taking a look at 6 snaky tiaras.

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Weekly Wrap Up 127

My weekly blog post. Links this week include some interesting apples, making your own (virtual) Bayeux tapestry and a look at old web forums. I finished a quick cross stitch project but I'm having mixed feelings about it, I shout out a couple of web events, I ponder the possibility of spinning off the jeweled and tiara posts into their own blog and I was approached by an AI agent. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Sapphire Tiaras for September

This week we're taking a look at 5 sapphire tiaras that are a little out of the ordinary.

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Weekly Wrap Up 126

My weekly blog post. Links this week include an elemental chart showing which ones are safe to lick, the Usenet Archives and a repository of 3D scanned images of publicly accessible restrooms. You can meet Emerald, the mosaic kitty and I talk about my recent hip surgery. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Garden of Impressionism Tiara

A pretty tiara that looks like it was painted with watercolors!

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Final 2026 Blaugust Post

Just a few final words.

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Weekly Wrap Up 125

My weekly blog post. Links this week include the story of the brotherhood keeping mustard pure, a reverse Minesweeper game that involves planting sunflowers and an article about an exhibition of some weird and wild knitted things. I show off awesome dinosaur corn holders, talk about upcoming surgery, the 2025 Edward Gorey Envelope Art Contest and link to the Tiny Site Awards where voting is happening now. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Poppy Tiaras

Sometimes I find sparkly oddities while on a tiara hunt. Sometimes I just find oddities.

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Poppy Tiaras

Let's close out August with some poppy themed tiaras.

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Business Cat

Why do I do things? Sometimes it's because Business Cat lives in my head.

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Weekly Wrap Up 124

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a map of all the deaths that have occurred in the Grand Canyon, a source for audio-only files of TV shows and movies and a prototype for a game where you walk through an ASCII city. I've got some info regarding a cool upcoming science talk and a flash sale for a cross stitch site that's selling their whole catalog for extremely cheap. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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The Brown Eyes

Some days are so bad, your eyes are brown.

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Octopus Necklace

Another jewelry oddity I found while searching for tiaras - a necklace in the form of an octopus hanging onto seaweed.

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Thunderstorms

Just another short post, reminiscing about how something that scared me as a child is something I enjoy as an adult.

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Caldwell Tiara

Today's tiara has an interesting history plus there's an extra tiara tidbit to watch.

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Playing Ladies

Just a short reminisce about a childhood memory.

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Weekly Wrap Up 123

My weekly blog post. Links this week include crappy birds, a radio station in a place that never was and a post office for letters to the dead. I talk about Italian charm bracelets, being mistakenly invited to join a rightwing group's efforts to ban books and volunteering in election protection roles. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Kobo vs Kindle

I used to be a diehard Kindle Keyboard fan. Then the Kobo Libra 2 caught my eye.

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Mortification

Some people say they have found pennies from heaven - my mom sent me scarabs.

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Mortification

I like reading Ask a Manager's Mortification Week stories not out of a sense of schadenfreude but more out of a sense of camaraderie.

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The Countess of Harewood's Gothic Tiara

This week's tiara is the striking and exotic Gothic Tiara, created for Mary, the Princess Royal to commemorate her engagement to the Earl of Harewood.

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Mexican Street Corn (Elote)

This is the dish I am (virtually) bringing to the Small Web Potluck.

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On Writing ... or Not Writing

My mom always hoped I'd be a writer.

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Weekly Wrap Up 122

My weekly blog post. Links this week include a poetry request, human AI and an exhaustive accounting of snakes in films. I found a new group to write postcards for, received a postcard of my own and will be joining the 2nd Annual Small Web (Virtual) Potluck. Plus, as usual, I listened to, read and watched things.

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Monsoon Season

I share some photos of impressive haboobs and talk a bit about Arizona's yearly monsoon season.

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Diamond and Emerald Spectacles

Another one of the jeweled oddities I've come across while hunting down tiaras.

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Happily Ever After

Hoping for a happily ever after in my life and learning to be content with whatever may come.