Sidewalk Splash Zone: Philly Unfiltered Just after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, I was walking home from the grocery store, backpack crammed with last-minute dinner items and a bottle…

Philly, New Year’s Eve. Let’s just say I saw something I didn’t need to see.

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Strangely silent here in Philly. Too cold, maybe, for the rebel rousers? It won't be long though for the official bomb-dropping sound to start 🙄

That's Ms. Santa That's Ms. Santa - Kindle edition by McClellan, Leah. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Need a break from holiday madness? 🎄🎁
Kick back and have fun with Ms. Santa. It’s hilariously funny with just a little sugar & spice.
And you know the saying: if you don’t promote your stuff... So here ya go 😁
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"Overthinking" is undefined and overused.

The trouble with AI-generated articles: What if your content calendar didn't just exist, but evolved and executed itself?

Editing for a client and cracking up. I know what it means technically, but...

Grateful this week for growing up with books. At home, we had spelling bees, quizzed each other from the dictionary, and traveled the world in stories. Got in trouble at school for reading during class. That early love of words shaped my writing, and it still feeds me every day.

What about you?

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It’s here!

My new Etsy shop is live with writer-friendly mugs like this one, inspired by my actual cat. More designs coming soon.

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If I drove everywhere, if I didn't walk, I wouldn't find hidden magical gardens.

Nothing like a double rainbow stepping out of Whole Foods lugging a shopping trolley full of groceries! I'm avoiding backpacks for fear of another fall (broke my wrist a couple weeks ago tripping on something with a very heavy backpack that sent me flying). Not good for #writers #editors

Hi! Do you have a link for where we can read?

I see a novel title. Out of Spoons. 😁

Trigger warning: sexual violence

I wrote this in 2017. It was what I saw coming. It’s what I’ve feared. It was a warning. I couldn’t make it to the protests today, so here’s my protest. Skip Amazon, grab it on Smashwords. #Resist

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I’ve imagined all sorts of fictional scenarios while watching this building go up. A guy rappels down the side or swings from the crane. Está loco! The site manager, a woman, grabs him. Whoa! It’s her ex. She refuses to talk, so he does it again... Flashback: What happened?🤔

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Consuming microplastics? Investigation of commercial salts as a source of microplastics (MPs) in diet The omnipresence of microplastics (MPs) in marine and terrestrial environments as a pollutant of concern is well established and widely discussed in the literature. However, studies on MP contaminatio...

Did you know that Himalayan pink salt contains microplastics? I didn’t until two minutes ago. It's one of the perks of content writing and editing: learning stuff I wouldn't know otherwise.

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Confirmation - Iva Cheung Click through to enlarge!

Anyone with a graduate degree knows that most intellectual work is just looking things up… and knowing where and how and when to ivacheung.com/2025/04/conf...

Good one. The value of an education is often knowing what we don't know...and looking it up.

"Moist" has got to be the worst word ever. "Her eyes were moist as he finished the story." Just say dripping. Wet. Blurred by tears. Brimming over. Anything but moist. Eyes are always moist unless you have a dry eye problem. Skip moist forehead or moist underarms, too. Just say it. Sweaty! 😁

And we have a winner! Let's hear it for Dani! Woop, woop! 😀

Oh, my! What have we here? A grammatical error on a sign at Trader Joe's? I nearly rammed my cart into someone as my jaw hit the floor. 🤣

Can you spot it?

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Oops! Missed that one. "Suddenly, spring sprang from the frozen earth." Could be an interesting character who says stuff like that. 🤣Or e.e. cummings.

in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman

whistles far and wee...

Spring has sprung. It's springing. Having sprung, spring flowers are springing up. It has been springing. It will have been springing for three months in June. In July, I can say, "Spring had been springing" and "Spring will spring again next spring." Did I miss anything? 😁 #editors #writers

Spring has sprung. More like spring is springing. Present progressive. It's happening now!

I think what Jesus taught about love is about the same as what Thich Nhat Hanh taught. For me, I'm not warm and fuzzy about DT et al. I've felt the anger/hatred. But I also see the (woefully imperfect/mentally ill) humans (love). I don't have to hate (emotion) to lock 'em up (thought).

Edited: "Historically, attitudes toward cannabis have swung from government approval as a crop to outright criminalization. In the last few decades, it’s become widely accepted as a way to manage stress and even improve sleep quality."

How would you do it?

Content writers: If you use AI, you have to edit it.

"Although once viewed through the lens of moral panic, cannabis has become a widely accepted method for managing stress, treating symptoms, and even improving sleep quality."

Classic.🙃

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I mean with a big, big protest!