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

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Sunday, August 16, 2015

Ghosts???

Little Donnie A. lived four houses up the street from me when my own boys were growing up. Many a rowdy prank was played by those rascals and a few others, who thought my back yard was the place to be on a summer's day. Donnie, because he was one of those "downright upright" kids who was a splasher... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

The Goddess of Small Things

I used to work with a woman who focused on the minutiae. Picayune details caught her eye, so much so that she often missed the "big picture." Let's call her Minnie, although that's not her real name. Now, I've been known to insist on professional standards myself - documents and reports your... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 14, 2015

Writing a verbal “Snapshot”

At yesterday’s Write Your Own Story session at The Center, we worked on how to describe a character so the readers could visualize her/him – and how to create a scene. The topic for the day covered a great friend or childhood hero. I explained how Lloyd Kropp, the writer in residence at SIUe in 1978... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

It's All About Living Off The Grid - or not

Terry the piano player has stopped coming to The Center. I didn't connect the dots until a day or so ago when I was talking to another volunteer, John. John and Terry were buddies, talking sports, politics, old time songwriters, composers, etc... John and I both wondered why Terry stopped coming. We... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Walk a mile in my heels... (part 1)

The committee meeting had run long, and A. Holson, Esq., the senior senator from Missouri’s bootheel, was not happy about it. He was several minutes behind schedule. At least his security was on top of the operation, texting the driver he was exactly three minutes away from the transport queue,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Something's "cooking" in the idea kitchen

If you've happened to catch ANY of the good ol' conservative candidates when they talk about female problems, women's fertility/health care, legal abortions, birth control, etc., you may - especially if you're a female - be amazed and dismayed by their total lack of knowledge on the basics. Their... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Dry Spell

I've come into a desert place, a void where no thoughts grow. There's a story aching to be written; what it is I do not know. Idea's bones, they lie a-drying in the burning desert sun. Where are rhyme, image, metaphor? There's not a single one to carry any hint of inspiration to my pen. O' when will... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Celebration

Today would be my mother's 110th birthday. She was born in 1906, passed away at 93 in January 1999. She was an avid reader, and it was not unusual for people to ask where she went to college. She collected books on art/technique, history, biography. Her father died of typhoid fever when she was ten... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Blurbs & a Bit of a Mystery

Friend of mine on FB posted shots of her hubby taken during the GOP debate on Fox. He's a history teacher, and his ohmigod, slap-to-the-forehead in disbelief gestures tell me all I want to know about the program. Gee, I missed it. Aw, shucks... (wink, wink) I did catch Jon Stewart's farewell program... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Quote of the day:

Nothing fools you more than the lie you tell yourself. Teller, of Penn & Teller NPR 8-1-2015 Interview Sign in to see full entry.

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