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

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Monday, September 15, 2025

ONCE UPON A TIME NOT SO LONG AGO:

When I was a kid - maybe 13 or 14 years old - I used to imitate the sounds of birds and animals. I could duplicate the hen's announcement that she'd produced an egg. It seemed to me she was clucking 'look, look, look, look, look what I did.' I could blow through my cupped hands to play a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 13, 2025

Saturday

Saturday, in the park, I think it was the 4th of July... I know this is the first line of a song, maybe by the Beatles, but that's the only scrap I have of that one. The old commercial "Beef! It's what's for dinner," has been revised. Now it's "Chaos! It's what's for dinner." No leader has come... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 12, 2025

Old News is No News

I had a few paragraphs written about 'then' and the rough sledding we three kids shared with our mother, who kept the worst of it from us for a good 20 years after we were all out of the nest. As I re-read it to do some editing, I realized it was not right for this time and place. We've already got... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 11, 2025

Limerick from long ago

There was a young farmer from Leeds Who swallowed six packets of seeds, And soon the poor ass Was covered with grass And couldn't sit down for the weeds. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Oops

I had some idea in mind to use a character based on Frank R., the print shop manager who could proofread typeset frames upside down and backwards. But I took a break to tend to other things, and the idea has gone poof! He was a good boss. Smart, and an excellent teacher. He liked the folks who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 8, 2025

Printer's Devil - a story in progress.

Frank Rice was a born typesetter and printer. His grandpa had published the only newspaper in Dodge City back in the day before territories were annexed onto the country. He printed wanted posters for the Marshall's office, and one of them advertising a reward, and stating "Wanted, Dead or Alive"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Nope. Not Happening!

I'm disturbed by political reports this morning, but am determined to shut the hell up about it. You get the stories and opinions everywhere you look, and I just can't stand to write about it here. But there is an oxymoron I'd like to share: Good Government. Peace. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 6, 2025

If I won the lottery:

I would give most of it away. There are thousands or millions of people living on the street or in extreme poverty. I'd set up a website where anyone could apply. There's only one qualifying question. If you get a share of the winnings, who would you help? Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 5, 2025

A Day in the Life...

Up at 5:30, slip into a bathrobe and then out the kitchen door, 30 steps along the 2" x 12" "bridge" across the low spot in the back yard, cross the driveway and into the outhouse. Not so bad most of the year, but a bit of a problem on snow-blown days when the white stuff has drifted under the eaves... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Chicago - the new front

It's one thing for the current chief executive to send troops to police Washington, DC, which is a federal city. Perhaps there is some justification behind his claim that the crime rate (which has statistically dropped in recent reports) is out of control. Maybe foreign diplomats who visit need a... Sign in to see full entry.

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