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Lola's Curmudgeonly Musings on Life, Love & Other Trifles

Welcome to my blog, where you will find entries on everything from writing, poems, politics, photography, my pepsi addiction, my dogs, my family, good books, and twizzlers--everything from the serious to the inane. I will caution that I am very liberal and more than a bit of a cynic. I love to receive comments of all kinds as they help to give me a good dose of reality now and then as I do tend to blather on and on just because I can, so I beg you to jump in, and let me know when I'm blathering. It will be good for me and might keep me from being so long winded. As always, there will be more later . . . Peace.

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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."— C.S. Lewis

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Book recommendations, favorite quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)

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Lola's Left-Leaning List

  • Daily Kos
  • Michael Moore.com
  • The Daily Dish
  • The Huffington Post
  • The Mudflats
  • TPMMuckraker

Poietes' Recommended Reading

  • a.k.a. Team Palmer
  • Adult Onset Poverty
  • Blogsurfer.us
  • Christian Yorke: A Writer's Twisted Web
  • Coffee Percolator
  • Crashingly Beautiful
  • Intense City
  • Leaving Lilac Sky
  • Really . . . Really . . . Seriously
  • Riot Kitty
  • RUGator
  • Skyewriter
  • Supersense: Why we believe in the unbelievable
  • The Madder Hatter
  • Truth and Rocket Science
  • White Orchid
  • Willpen's World
  • Zirgar's Fresh New Brain Squeezin's

Visual Stimulation

  • Floridana Alaskiana v2.5
  • JDP Photography
  • Rebecca Keeling Studios
  • When Worlds Collide

Writers' Resources

  • Absolute Write
  • Cute Writing
  • David Bridger
  • Forward Motion for Writers
  • Jimney's Stories: Random Thoughts of a Writer
  • Litopia Writers' Colony
  • Poetic Asides
  • Whiskey River

Who is saying what . . .

Maureen on Let us give thanks . . .
poietes on Muppet Madness
willpen on Muppet Madness
poietes on “It’s possible to …
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What I’ve Been Writing Lately

  • Let us give thanks . . .
  • Muppet Madness
  • “I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” ~ Maya Angelou
  • “It’s possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it’s probably wiser to get out, if only to preserve your sanity.” ~ P. D. James
  • If it’s Friday, it must mean leftovers . . .

Readers Liked These

  • "Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." ~ Confucius
  • "Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart" ~ Kahlil Gibran
  • "I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface." ~ Stephen Sondheim
  • Black Friday is Going to Be Black and Blue and Red All Over
  • Lives in Pieces: Vale et memini (Goodbye and I Remember)

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