Author: honeyrand
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What makes us who we are
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When I got out of the Army, I joined the National Guard in Mass because they offered free tuition for college. I took CLEP tests and skipped the first two years of college, starting as a junior. As my coursework came to an end I needed an internship and didn’t…
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It’s been a while.
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More than a hot minute. Many, many months. Lots going on and redirecting my focus, but as part of my new mental floss, I plan to be more communicative. Watch this space. #HoneyRand #I’mbaaaaack #Checkyousoon
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Bees Can Smell Cancer
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It’s all the buzz. Bees can smell cancer and they are accurate, too. They now join dogs and other animals that have been trained to smell cancer. That’s cool all by itself but here’s what I want to know: Who looks at a bee and thinks, ‘I wonder if I…
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Endlings: the last of their species
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#Endlings are the last of their kind. We hear about their sad stories but National Geographic wonders whether our fascination with them can be enough to nudge us toward better #conservation. Think the last passenger pigeon, Martha, who died in 1914 or Sudan, the last male northern white #rhinoceros who…
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Wild Things Make My Heart Sing
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#Rewilding your yard I’m working on a story about a friend who is trying to bring back native savannas on his 5K farm in the Cumberland Plateau, TN. When I saw this story about six steps to rewilding your yard, had to see how I stack up with my Florida-native,…
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What are you concerned about?
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I try to keep it light, but the world is in a perilous state, I fear. In the background I worry that SoCom is in Tampa and it’s an obvious target. I worry that there are so many people, smart people, for who Trump makes sense. I don’t understand it.…
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Just hit refresh
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Sometimes you just gotta hit refresh. Like my author photo, which also needs a refresh, my website, my author website need updating and rearranging. Here’s a link to the result. Whatcha think? #HoneyRand #Website #Refresh https://honeyrand.com
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Why I don’t eat calamari any more
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So, someone’s kid was fascinated by octopuses. His parents finally caved and got him one within weeks, though they had 50 of them. Apparently, just as they were getting the hang of caring for the critters, there were more critters. He was, apparently, a SHE. Terrance was a Terri! Apparently,…
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e-panhandling? Is this a thing?
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I recently visited Washington, DC, to see some of the national museums. So I walked. A lot. A couple of thoughts. The smell of weed permeates the streets. Lots of traffic. There were, of course, some street people and some crazies, but the standout for me was a guy on…