Thursday, April 5, 2018
WRITE YOUR OWN STORY
MEMO TO THE GROUP: I’M TIRED Tired of coming up with new topics for your group write on Thursdays. Tired of ‘splaining the “how-to” where you nod and seem to get it, but when you read aloud afterward you obviously didn’t. What part of “details matter” don’t you understand? The who, where, when etc.?...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
Wednesday's Hash
My first attempt at a blog this a.m. had to do with character names in the King James version of the New Testament, and how the scholars his majesty employed had to pick names his subjects (potential readers) could relate to. The second had to do with top-doggery and expectations. To be specific it...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2018
OH, FOGGY TUESDAY…
I have two stations coded into my radio: one is the NPR affiliate in St. Louis, the other is the jazz station located on the campus of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville – “the sound.” My favorite day for listening to NPR is Saturday, when “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” is on. It’s a weekly...
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Monday, April 2, 2018
4-2-2018 - BC (Before Coffee)
The NPR guy just said it’s 6:22. Dark outside, but under the front street light, I can see the snow is there, on the driveway, the emergent green grass, etc. No kids will arrive at St. B’s today, it’s either a snow-day or spring break Monday. I’m steeped in gloom for no good reason. The Cardinals...
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Sunday, April 1, 2018
HAPPY EASTER
This seems a good time for remembering old friends. Some of you may remember a former Blogit member named Dave Cryer, of English persuasion, who’s now running writing programs and workshops / presentations. On FB he posts photos of beautiful places where he and his wife go hiking, mountains & lakes,...
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
REVISIONS
I had a halfway decent blog prepared for this morning. An ironic story about a guy who’d been a big shot stock exchange guru but now depends on food stamps and handouts. All kinds of stuff had hit the fan, horrible debilitating health issues (ALS) that slowly destroyed his wife, and now his own...
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Friday, March 30, 2018
FUNNY UNCLES
As I was measuring out the grounds and adding water to the coffee maker this morning I got to thinking about my funny uncle. I can’t for the life of me recall his Christian name, because everyone called him Mac, short for McIntyre. Uncle Mac was the second husband of mother’s aunt Elsie, who was...
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Thursday, March 29, 2018
STORIES FROM THE CENTER
I spent yesterday afternoon typing & formatting the stories from the Write Your Own Story (WYOS) writers. Still don’t have author profiles from two of them, so there’s a hold-up on final production, but it looks like a nice variety for the Center’s Dine & Discover program in April. We’re slated to...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
DANCING IN THE KITCHEN
When I was a kid the music on the radio was Big Band, Les Brown, Glen Miller, Duke Ellington, the Dorsey brothers, Jimmy and Tommy, and others. Even though I was too young to go there at the time, I could imagine the ballrooms with their spinning mirror balls, the polished dance floors, the dancers...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
REALITY PROGRAMMING
Maybe 20 years ago, early 90s or a little sooner, there was a media writers’ strike. What with all the money coming into network and cable channels, there were big paychecks for the “talent” (the actors) the directors, producers and network execs. But the writers’ heavy lifting was taken for...
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