PODCAST- A Book about a Bug and a Big, Bad Beast… with Kristen Barnett

We’ve never talked about Bugs here on the Isle… entemologically, technologically or otherwise. But there’s a first time for everything, so here we are.  Bring on the Bug Talk! Of course, we’re not really talking about literal bugs.  We’re actually talking about cancer.  Childhood cancer.  And a special book written by children’s author, Kristen Barnett, […]

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And the WINNERS are…

As promised, here are the most fortuitous beneficiaries of the KATHLEEN L. MAHER LITERARY SWEEPSTAKES! But first, a random video of my cat in a brief and somewhat rare moment of semi-active jocularity … just because.   And now… the moment we’ve all been waiting for. The winner of The Abolitionist’s Daughter is…   Caryl Kane […]

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The Pittsburgh Left

There’s this thing here where I live, called the Pittsburgh Left. Oh, you’ve never heard of it?  Well, let me tell you all about it, friend.  It’s this cultural norm among the motorists in the land surrounding the great Steel City, whereby the very considerate driver traveling in the opposite direction from you allows, nay, expects […]

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PODCAST: “Suddenly Single” with Kathey Batey: Coping… and Hoping… through divorce.

Well hey there…  it’s been a little quiet around here lately… I’ve been traipsing a bit, and I’ll tell you all about that later… but for now, I’m so glad to end this brief episode of traipsing with this here podcast. It’s about dealing with hard changes in life.  Specifically, the hard change of divorce.  […]

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