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

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Monday, March 18, 2024

TALES FROM LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY

It was winter in the foothills. Big blustery winds came whistling down from the high Cascades, dropping snow and drifting it against the least obstacles. No matter how urgent the need to get to the outhouse - some 50 feet from the kitchen door - there was no path through the knee-high snow. She... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 17, 2024

OLD SONG

Appropriate for St. Paddy's day, I hope "I'm looking over a four-leaf clover, That I overlooked before. One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain. Third is the roses that grow in the lane. No need explaining, the one remaining, It's somebody I adore. I'm looking over a four-leaf clover That I... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

PATCHWORK

Thinking this morning of starting the bio. The life and times of Grandma Patch, before she was a grandma, before she learned that what she'd assumed about life at the age of 17 was mostly wrong. Where to begin? How she learned the truth of the old adage "marry in haste, repent at leisure"? Her high... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 15, 2024

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Madame WhiteEars dashed across the brick street. She crossed the sidewalk. In the flick of her tail she was up the maple tree. But it had changed. It was no longer the familiar stop along the aerial highway. The troop had used those maples as a route for safe passage, high above the low growing... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

TRYING TRUMP TODAY

Our former president, the one who claims he has the absolute right to do any damn thing he wants, and that our government's top-secret files were his personal property to share as he wished after he left office, is to testify in a Florida court today. You knew this. My fingers are crossed today's... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

GAMES

"Hello everybody, welcome to Family Feud. I'm your man, Steve Harvey." I have been watching the Game Show Network a lot these evenings in an attempt to avoid politics. "Family Feud" seems to carry a lot of program hours. Steve Harvey is a multi-talented, interesting host. He started out as a... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 11, 2024

VOTE!

You may be sick & tired of the political campaigns, tired of the same-old / same-old stories and points of view - as I am. I just want them to shut the hell up. Sick and tired of the yammering, the repetition, the mudslinging. So I'm going to vote. It may be only one measly little vote, but if you... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

WELL, ALRIGHTY THEN.

My younger daughter's been here for the past few days, here to help her older bro clean and pitch and ready his house for sale. There are showings scheduled for Wed. & Thur., and the garage/basement were full of years' worth of stuff that should have been tossed or trashed but were just stuck in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 9, 2024

MR. ROGERS, WHERE ARE YOU?

I remember the mornings my youngsters watched Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS. What a perfect show for little ones, reinforcing their sense of self, welcoming them as a friend, perhaps even more reassuring at times than their own parents. Won't you be my neighbor? What a bridge-building question.... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 8, 2024

ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, ETC.

A. I thought both sides presented their party's point of view very well. Point-counterpoint were both thoroughly and politely outlined. 2. The clown show/protest staged by my least favorite political person, dressed aggressively in a MAGA hat and red shirt, standing in the aisle to throw her shade... Sign in to see full entry.

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