blog Archives » https://justduckydickson.com/category/blog/ Mosaic art and occasional thoughts Sat, 28 May 2022 19:42:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/justduckydickson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-Just-Ducky-Dickson-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 blog Archives » https://justduckydickson.com/category/blog/ 32 32 36509059 Glory For Ukraine https://justduckydickson.com/glory-for-ukraine/ Mon, 09 May 2022 16:25:15 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=1054 The post Glory For Ukraine appeared first on .

]]> 1054 Step Aside Disneyland https://justduckydickson.com/step-aside-disneyland/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 16:03:08 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=956 The post Covid19 vaccination holding room…really the lobby of the CVStarr Community Center is now the happiest place on Earth. There has been reports of rare adverse reactions to the […]

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]]> 956 I Usually Don’t Speak Up https://justduckydickson.com/i-usually-dont-speak-up/ https://justduckydickson.com/i-usually-dont-speak-up/#comments Mon, 04 May 2020 14:54:17 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=876 I usually don’t speak up.  Well, except for one unfortunate incident when at a comedy show, I asked a stranger at our table to stop talking during the comedian’s set, […]

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]]> https://justduckydickson.com/i-usually-dont-speak-up/feed/ 1 876 Seven Days To Go! https://justduckydickson.com/seven-days-to-go/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:59:50 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=233 We are off again, so kitties are pissed off again. On June 18 we will board British Air to London Heathrow. SWEET!! Taking our granddaughters Hannah and Hailey. We are […]

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]]> 233 So Proud! https://justduckydickson.com/so-proud/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 20:17:00 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=334 Hannah and Hailey are GREAT in so many ways. First, we challenged them to carry-on luggage only and they accepted and exceeded. Now we have an extra couple of hours […]

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]]> 334 Hello Goodbye https://justduckydickson.com/hellogoodbye/ Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:23:00 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=148 As John Lennon and Paul McCartney once famously wrote…Hello, Goodbye! London!  How can seven days go by so fast.? Truly the old adage “time flies while you are having fun” […]

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]]> 148 I Am Full https://justduckydickson.com/i-am-full/ Sat, 02 May 2015 02:37:55 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=237 The day after Christmas and I was still full of Christmas. Full of love, fun, family, cheer and food. And many goodies still hanging around. Low carb/sugar be damned…I continued to […]

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]]> 237 Thomas Dickson https://justduckydickson.com/thomas-dickson/ Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:47:10 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=239 Thomas passed away on my lap this morning. It was a peaceful dignified death…one we can all aspire to.  To be held safely by a loved one while our pain […]

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]]> 239 Toby Dickson https://justduckydickson.com/toby-dickson/ Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:51:44 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=231 After living divorced and dogless (even catless-UGHHH that was hard!) for a couple of years in an apartment in Burlingame, I finally moved into our home with Lonnie in Roseville […]

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]]> 231 Vegas Baby https://justduckydickson.com/vegas-baby/ Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:20:16 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=199 Las Vegas has a couple of nicknames which come to mind: Lost Wages and Sin City.  I refer to it as Shit Hole.  Anyway, since it is part of my […]

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]]> 199 He Controls the Power https://justduckydickson.com/he-controls-the-power/ Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:39:54 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=337 He cradles it tight, but not too tight in his semi-open palm. The stiff seven and a half inch rod is floating just slightly above his thighs at his crotch. […]

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]]> 337 2014 Disneyland Fiction https://justduckydickson.com/2014-disneyland-fiction/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:39:00 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=229 A few years ago I saw a headline in the newspaper and decided to write a fictional story about it. Now after taking a class in fiction writing,  I have edited […]

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]]> 229 Pennies From Heaven https://justduckydickson.com/pennies-from-heaven/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:54:32 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=220 Years ago I started noticing and collecting pennies and other coins I have found along my path in life.  I find them in really weird places where coins should not […]

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]]> 220 Retired Guy vs. Kitten https://justduckydickson.com/retired-guy-vs-kitten/ Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:26:06 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=320 We adopted a kitten two weeks ago today.  Daisy is thriving!  She is a white and gray tiger and has a ton of extra toes.  Her front white paws look […]

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]]> 320 I Saw a Ghost https://justduckydickson.com/i-saw-a-ghost/ Sun, 01 Jun 2014 19:37:57 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=324 I saw a ghost today. I knew I would. I had a premonition of the apparition this morning on my way to the airport. The sweet sad Dan Fogelberg song Same […]

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]]> 324 WMD = My Dad’s Wife https://justduckydickson.com/wmd-my-dads-wife/ Sun, 01 Jun 2014 19:32:39 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=322 Everyone knows the reference: WMD…the unfound Weapons of Mass Destruction that propelled us into the Iraq War. Well, I am the MDW: My Dad’s Wife. I am found by some […]

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]]> 322 The Duck https://justduckydickson.com/the-duck/ Thu, 01 May 2014 19:43:10 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=326 I was only in love with a car once and The Duck wasn’t it. But, as The Duck makes that final drive down Donner into the sunset…to quote Mr. Spock […]

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]]> 326 You Don’t Look Like https://justduckydickson.com/you-dont-look-like/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 01:14:58 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=223 Flying SWA to PHX yesterday morning. Let’s just say I LOVE being an A-List flyer. I usually get a TSA-PRE designation on my boarding pass, which means nothing comes out […]

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]]> 223 Art Show Coming Up!!! https://justduckydickson.com/art-show-coming-up/ Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:50:00 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=339 So excited! Check it out.  A freelance writer wrote about a freelance writer!!   Click on the Mosiac tab above to see some of my work!

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]]> 339 The E.R. 1/10/14 https://justduckydickson.com/theer/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 23:17:37 +0000 https://justduckydickson.com/?p=203 So, there should be rules when you are thinking of going to a local emergency room for treatment.  If you are able to: eat, drink, chat, text, laugh, talk, or […]

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