Wednesday, July 1, 2020
TUESDAY AT THE CENTER
Things are slow at the Main Street Center these days. No bingo. No pinochle. No kitchen angels chatting as they put together the snacks for the games, organize the home delivered meals deliveries. No need to brew a pot of coffee. Not many phone calls at the front desk, now that the bus no longer...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
RESPONSE TO LARRY'S SO-CALLED JOKE ON FACEBOOK.
I couldn't help myself. Here's my response: I always knew the Aunt Jemima image represented the slave woman who raised the planter's white children. Making it a popular brand put a stamp of approval on that abusive system. Our family may not have been aware of the "southern" attitude toward t he...
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Monday, June 29, 2020
About that hot fudge sundae...
I had written a whole post to go with that one sentence - a recap and opinion bit about the breaking news that Russia was offering a bounty to Taliban fighters for each and every American solder they could kill. You already know the follow up story that the president and VP had done nothing even...
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Sunday, June 28, 2020
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
How about a hot fudge sundae with whipped cream on top and some Beach Boys music.
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
TOPICS SHEET FOR A WRITE YOUR OWN STORY SESSION
WRITER'S TIPS: Truman Capote was known as the originator of the non-fiction novel with “In Cold Blood,” published in 1966. It was the true account of the murder of the Clutter family in rural Kansas and included jailhouse interviews with the killer. In a personal appearance at SIUE in the mid-80s,...
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Friday, June 26, 2020
HAPPY LIBERATION DAY
Sixty years ago today, which was also a Friday, the judge tapped his gavel and said "divorce granted." I was free of my abuser, free of his threats, no longer subject to his whims and aggressions. He was arrogant enough to act as his own attorney, confident the judge would give him absolute custody...
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EVENTUALLY
When I get to heaven my mother will be just another one of my sister angels. She will not be the strict and critical perfectionist I knew as a child. I found this out when our conversation in a daydream found me telling her about the compliment. Someone said I was an articulate writer, and I was...
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Thursday, June 25, 2020
Without Blogit I would tear my hair and go running into traffic...
It's like a kaffe klatch in the morning as I "hear" the stories of the everyday glory my Blogit neighbors bring to their posts. It doesn't feel like glory sometimes, this everyday same old same-O but there is natural wonder in observations of birds' nests, in the daily work of sculpting flower...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020
SHOULD I, OR SHOULDN’T I?
Each week since Covid-19 shut down group activities at the Main Street Center, I’ve put together a Tips & Topics sheet for the Write Your Own Story group – but instead of gathering at the table and enjoying the writings of others, it gets posted to The Center’s Facebook page. Nobody has so far...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2020
NEW WRINKLE ON COVID-19
Just heard on NPR an interview with an MD. The subject was the recent trend toward mostly younger new Covid-19 patients. Young people may feel they are not at serious risk even if they catch it. They may go back to hanging out with friends, no worries about masks or social distancing. The most...
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