As a child and a teenager, one of my favorite authors was Rudyard Kipling. I might have been about 14 the first time I read The Jungle Books, but I was surprised that Mowgli's story got sooooo boring to my teenage self after awhile. Then, pleasant surprise! Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was right the middle and was a refreshing break from my boredom. And it's the one story from that anthology that has stuck with me all these decades. Later on, I couldn't resist buying a set of small, anti

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Long ago, when I was a girl, my grandmother had a plaque that said, "The hurrier I go, the behinder I get." That often seems to be my life. When I started updating my website, I promised myself I'd put together a blog post at least once a month. So far, I've (mostly) kept that promise. This month, I just realized I need to do some additional research on my planned post, and I'm suddenly down to my deadline! What to write about??? The purpose of my self-imposed deadline here i