Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Sunday, January 18, 2026

Sweetheart

Mama had cancer, she needed to go to Seattle for months of treatment. She checked with the child welfare department and found a foster home for the three of us. We would be with Sam & Ethel (an older couple) on their rural dairy farm for the school year. She said she'd be well again in February, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Days of Our Backyard Squirrels

Roxy had made up her mind. Itchy was the one. He was not overconfident or bossy as Buster had acted on his approach. Itchy wasn't perfect, but she wasn't about to let the desire for perfection interfere with something that could work out for the good of all concerned. So, she gave Itchy the high... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Your Life Story

Hints from a workshop on how to write it: A. Don't try to write your story in chronological order, as it happened. That's a lot of material to organize. Doing it that way is like trying to eat an elephant with a fork. The very scope of it can be overwhelming. Instead, begin writing various events as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 12, 2026

Remember Your First Job?

Mine was as a fountain waitress at the Pollyanna Cafe in Kennewick. I was 15, barely old enough to get a work permit, spending the summer with my Aunt Ella who was a waitress there. The owner hired me as a favor to my auntie, and started my training behind the counter, making ice cream treats,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Days of Our Backyard Squirrels

Itchy, for once in his life, felt no creepy-crawly things under his fir. All he could feel was his heart beating, as the object of his affection looked thoughtfully at him. All he wanted in this world at that moment was to see her nod her acceptance. She looked at her front paws, thinking about that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 9, 2026

Days of Our Backyard Squirrels

Itchy found a sweetheart at the horseshoe pit, a cute little minx of a fluffy-tail squirrel who batted her eyes at him as he looked up from a stubborn acorn shell. All thought of food vanished from his mind as he realized this was "the one." Her name was Roxy, which seemed just perfect to Itchy. She... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 8, 2026

OLD WOUNDS

There was a time when I approached a couple police officers who were at a local service station, pumping some gas into their patrol car. I'd been dealing with bruises on my shoulder blades where my so-called husband had shoved me into the towel bar in the bathroom, irritated because I was taking too... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Poor Example

I'm very tired of having a president who looks down his nose at hard-working American taxpayers who follow the law and support the Constitution. In my view it is high time to brush his dust off the furniture in the Oval Office and replace him with a real representative of the people, someone other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 5, 2026

Unsure what all this really means

When you tune in to the news networks, you get all kinds of opinions about the U.S. mission into Venezuela to grab Nicolas Maduro and his wife and bring them to NYC to stand trial as narco-terrorists, among other things. Some reports claim it's not about the drug trafficking at all, but is a ruse so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 2, 2026

Missed it!

I fell asleep before they dropped the giant lighted ball in Times Square, so the new year started without me. My days of dancing the night away, sipping a drink and enjoying a sweet kiss at midnight to start the new year are long past. But they were good while they lasted. The 1960s were a very good... Sign in to see full entry.

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