Category Archives: Warm fuzzies

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Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day

Today is an amazing day!  It’s Donate a Days’ Wages to Charity Day! Most of us have specific causes we care very much about.  Top ones for me include mental health awareness, local animal shelters, and LGBT+ rights. No matter what your are, today is the perfect day to support whatever is near and dear to your heart.  Most charitable… Read more »

National Tabby Cat Day

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We love any day that celebrates cats around here and today is no exception- it’s National Tabby Cat day! This is a very new holiday- created in 2016 by Mayor’s Alliance for N.Y.C.’s Animals to celebrate and educate the public about tabby cats.  Tabby isn’t a breed- it’s a color pattern that is seen in many different types of purebred… Read more »

Why I Still Believe

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I’ve mentioned many times how badly current US political and even some religious leaders have misrepresented Christianity.  A couple examples are here  https://beckypalmer.me/?p=5209  and here https://beckypalmer.me/?p=1066 . You might wonder why I still believe.  And to be perfectly honest, that have been times I’ve wondered that myself, more so in the last 12 months than at any other point in my… Read more »

World Spay Day

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In the words of the late great Bob Barker, “Have your pets spayed or neutered”. It’s really that simple.  Shelters are so full that perfectly healthy cats and dogs are put down every day.  That shouldn’t happen.  It doesn’t need to happen. If you have pets do the right thing.

Greener Suggestions?

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WAY back in 2020 I started looking at small changes I could make that would be better for the planet.  Unfortunately, COVID completely derailed my plans.  All of a sudden everything was about single use, disposable items. It seems we are finally far enough removed from 2020 that we can start thinking about the planet in earnest again. I did… Read more »

Floating Is Fun!

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Ever since I got back into the massage routine I’ve been curious about some of the other services the salon/ spa offers.  They have a salt room.  They do all kinds of skin treatments including microneedling and laser treatments.  They even do tattoo removal (I don’t have any tattoos for the record).  And they have a float tank. So as… Read more »

Sweat the Small Stuff

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Well, maybe not exactly.  We need to celebrate the small stuff. The world is scary.  There are conflicts between nations that threaten to bring the entire planet into war.  Climate change is causing bigger natural disasters.  Neo-Nazis are popping up all over the world.  In the US there are many fears what the next four years will bring- even among… Read more »