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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Story Hour at the Chef's Shop

Saturdays are my day to play Klondike Solitaire on my computer and listen to NPR “All Things Considered,” “It’s Only a Game,” “Best of Car Talk,” and “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me (the NPR News Quiz).' But today there was a sidewalk sale at the Chef’s Shoppe, with profits going to the pet rescue group... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2016

No More Faking It

Each meeting of the writing group - there are a round dozen of us now - gets more and more interesting. For the first year and a half I attended and as Mary began to need it, helped work up the topic ideas, we stuck to light stories about the good old days. It was the Beaver Cleaver version... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Breaking News!

I just saw the cover design for my novel, "Bloody Hell & a Slice of Pie." I'm so excited and thrilled with the job Page Publishing has done so far I just had to post this blurb! It should be ready for distribution in about 6-8 weeks! $12.95 paperback, $9.99 for the digital version. Sign in to see full entry.

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Today’s WYOS

The Write Your Own Story topic for today at The Center will be a compare and contrast exercise. How we learned then compared to now. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (the Three R’s). Blackboards, chalk, the teacher’s lecture then, compared to a PowerPoint presentation now. Or an online search, copy &... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Politics at The Center

Tuesday was special at The Center, unfamiliar folks were in house and more showed up after I got to work. The Illinois Association for Retired Persons is endorsing a local candidate for state representative in our district. It’s an important endorsement for a new politician – especially since she’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

About “The Wall”

Some comments about theTrump's Wall story on yesterday’s Blogit entry compared the situation to the DDR (East Berlin) and the Hitler era. The concept of trying to wall out “the other” seems doomed to failure. Us versus them and selfish protectionism never truly benefits anyone, not even those who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 12, 2016

The Wall... a short story by PLH

SUB-DISTRICT 5: Nov. 10, 2018 Justine set a large coffee mug in front of Milo and poured. “Need room for cream?” she asked. “Please.” Milo reached for the insulated pitcher in the center of the table. The café was crowded with uniformed agents, both male and female, it was rush hour, time for shift... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 11, 2016

The Quorum Gathers: Writers Without Borders Bookstore

Now, Books-A-Million isn’t really my idea of a bookstore. It’s actually a general merchandising outlet for gadgets, gimmicks and toys related to reading. They carry pop merchandise, the tee shirts and how-to books on home repairs or needlework crafts, best sellers, reprints. But when I looked for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Stories From The Center: Thursday

As each writer read her story, I took short notes. We were writing first drafts of our own stories – although I doubt the participants thought of it as a first draft. This was the session where we focus on our readers. In the discussion we talked about letter writing as a time we wrote with reader... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 9, 2016

Writing at The Center

Writers at the story group were “ON” yesterday – our topic was to write about a day in school, using specific details, with our reader in mind. It just seems logical to be mindful of who you’re writing for. In the intro remarks, I reminded the group that we used to keep in touch through letter... Sign in to see full entry.

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