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The Nature of the Mundane: The Human Chin

Fifty years of solving the NY Times Crossword puzzles have blessed me with a peculiar vocabulary, but I also revel in their creative themes and clues.  I settle in for Sunday breakfast, open the Times magazine and wonder how long … Continue reading

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Podcast: The Nature of the Mundane: The Human Chin

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Nature-of-Mundane-Wonder-of-the-Human-Chin.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe human chin is the defining anatomical feature of modern humans Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Podcast: If Looks Could Whistle

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If Looks Could Whistle

I grew up in a gender-neutral household, the only daughter with five brothers.  You might have thought my mother would have doted on her only daughter, but she never singled me out with any advice on what it meant to … Continue reading

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Marketing Unplugged: Pot Pourri, Vol 2

Marketing Unplugged:  Pot Pourri, Volume 2 Toothpicks I was surprised that the grocery store offered such a variety of toothpicks.  I was experimenting with tater tots as a provocative appetizer at my grazing cocktail party, one of those affairs where … Continue reading

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Podcast: Market Unplugged Pot Pourri, Vol 2

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Marketing-Unplugged-Pot-Pourri-Vol-2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe intracacies of toothpicks, airline food, fake chicken, fast food signage and sell by dates. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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At Seventy

I sit in the leather chair, feet outstretched on the ottoman, pillow on my stomach, book resting on top of that.  I have a very limited view of myself, basically my hands and the outline of my feet inside a … Continue reading

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Podcast: At Seventy

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My Warbler

(Artwork by Maria McNitt – www.mariamcnitt.com) The blue-winged warbler struggles as I extract him from the fine netting stretched across the underbrush.  Our instructor Caleb assures us that this will only be a tiny interruption in his migration, and the information … Continue reading

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Podcast: The Nature of the Mundane Part 1

https://www.fanagrams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Nature-of-the-Mundane-Part-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSMosquitos as a source of curiosity and entertainment on a long drive Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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