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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Two Nurses: No Waiting

First Tuesday is always a bit cray-cray at The Center, and you can multiply frantic by five if it rains because the phone lines ring two at a time. The reason it gets “here we go looby loo” on First Tuesday stems from several concurrent conditions. First, we get some non-regulars who show up for the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

SOUP?

I was feeling lazy, didn’t want to peel carrots, potatoes, clean celery, chop onions, but it was a good day for soup, overcast, gloomy with occasional drizzle. So I bought a bag of Bird’s Eye stew veggies. I figured I could dump the whole thing in a crockpot add some chicken broth, a pack of Knorr’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 2, 2015

Library Frog

Sunday was bright from dawn’s first peep of sunlight. Saturday had been dreary and drizzly with ghostly wisps softening tree-branches, stark etchings that had been leafy boughs a week earlier. It was the perfect morning to rake up the damp leaves while they were more manageable – and neaten up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Shopping Cart Scare

I was at the end of an aisle at the supermarket, heading for the cracker aisle when progress was stopped by a young woman and two adorable little girls who had parked smack dab in the middle of the intersection. The smaller one was in the front basket, sitting folded but trying to stand up to reach... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Dr. Joe Medicine Crow is 102 Years Old. -- repost from FB

The Greatest Generations Foundation October 28 at 12:31pm · · Friends, Happy Birthday to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow, the last living Plains Indian War Chief and World War II veteran. He turned 102 years old on Tuesday. Born October 27, 1913 near Lodge Grass, Montana, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow is the last... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 30, 2015

On Second Thought

Went in to The Center yesterday for the Write Your Own Story group, half decided to tell Sara I’d changed my mind about the group on fiction writing. In the first place I’m already committed to 3 volunteer shifts a week, and there’s a limit to my energy. And in second place I have a very low... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 29, 2015

Don’t Laugh…

Yesterday I mentioned funny books. Could only think of one or two, but then I thought of Google. Turns out there are lists of the “funniest books ever published.” Some of the following appeared on more than one list: By John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces By Oscar Wilde, The Importance of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

A Funny Thing Happened …

Someone on PBS talked about witches and crones as literary devices, and how important they are to cautionary tales – either that or they’re designed by a weak-kneed man to fizz away some of the dire influence his mother or grandmother may have exerted on his young self. This got me thinking back to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

New poem, first draft

Cage of Bees Sometimes my skull is a hive buzzing with thoughts of honey drizzled over days long gone. The hive is seldom silent; even in sleep there are expeditions in search of kindred minds or lovers who never waver in their loyalty. Old drones fly out to return again, again, and yet again to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Scheduling Faux Pas

I messed up. Week ago last Thursday, the Write Your Own Story group met at the Center, and as the group broke up, I said something like “See you next Thursday.” They’d all been expressing regret that the class is wrapping up – time to put it all in documents, add a few photos from the family album,... Sign in to see full entry.

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