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

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Religious Cars

Now that school’s started again, the vehicle traffic on Brick Street has increased exponentially. Don’t ya just love the word “exponentially”? In this case it means it has multiplied all out of proportion. Where there used to be a couple dozen cars proceeding in either a northerly or southerly... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Coming Events:

Style Week is coming to beautiful downtown Mundane. The Wildey Theatre Association is hosting a fall fashion show and fund-raiser at its restored ‘40s movie house on North Main Street. This is where all kinds of live and film productions are staged including $2 movie events and old-time Saturday... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Fart Jokes: Are They Ever Appropriate?

We got into a side discussion at the Write Your Own Story gathering on Thursday. There was something about the way older people no longer seem to mind if a bit of gas escapes, or if they mind, there’s not much they can do about it. And the old person’s tendency to toot or tweet as they try to hoist... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 2, 2016

Thursday’s Writing Exercise at The Center

The idea was to write a memory of something your grandmother told from her point of view, as though she were writing the story. If possible, build in dialog. Keep in mind that each character only knows his or her own part, and for the reader to piece the whole thing together, each point of view... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

A song my mother used to sing

There is a tavern in town, in the town And there, my true love sits him down, sits him down And drinks his wine mid laughter free And never, ever thinks of me. Fare thee well for I must leave the do not let the parting grieve thee but remember that the best of friends must part, must part. Adieu,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Wa’z Up??

Last Tuesday of the month. Quiet schedule at the Main Street Center. No speakers coming to talk about phone scams. No A1C testing, no nurse volunteer setting up to check our blood pressure. Couple folks who’ve been absent lately come back. Loud Dora for one; she had her hair done, took a trip to see... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Nothin’ to Write Home About

I was feeling lousy Sunday morning. Achy and groggy, hadn’t got my sleep out, felt like someone had run over me with a loaded logging truck with chains on the wheels – you know the feeling when you get up like that, It’s a day from a Doan’s Little Liver Pills ad from 1945, “never sick enough to stay... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Front Porch Sittin’

We covered a mite a ground conversationally this morning, today’s loathsome political scene, the endless and pointless wars that destroy the lives of so many of earth’s children. Fire, flood, famine, earthquake, the senseless fighting in so many neighborhoods. My son, six foot something and a rough... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Teachers Create the World

The universe may have been created in seven days – or rather in six, since on the seventh day the Creator rested. Considering the place and time from which this allegory came, it was an effective way of teaching Average Joe and Jane the value of pacing their own creative endeavors and taking a break... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 26, 2016

Thank you for your comments on the two deleted posts from earlier.

I realize they were the cranky rants of an overtired crone who's been watching way too much TV coverage of the electioneering. There seems to be a vast shortage of gentlemen, ladies and scholars on this scene and that's all I'm sayin. Y'all have a nice day... Sign in to see full entry.

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