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

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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Free as a Bird

It was in him to take her life, he was certain the law would never touch him. He'd been one of them, a brother of the badge. Well, he'd been a military cop for a year or so, run in a few bad guys, drunks, waterfront bar brawlers. The job suited him, fed his notion of himself as an arbiter of morals,... Sign in to see full entry.

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LIAR'S OBIT

With cold intent you patterned lies of whole cloth, pinned them to fit your manikin, repeated them until you forgot you were their designer. Each day I scan the death notices looking for your name, for the appointed time and place to view what remains. Like doubting Thomas I will not believe until I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Writer's Block - Blogit Style

Apparently this old girl doesn't do well when her routine is interrupted. I've been going to The Center every Tuesday for the past year. Getting up & dressed, getting out of the house, dealing with whatever comes up, visiting with the Bingo players and pool sharks has become the lynchpin of my week.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 14, 2014

Watch Crow - conclusion

Jeffrey Atkins copied the vid, played back the images. “Bill, we need to pinpoint a location.” A few hours later, they decided their subject frequented a certain corner in the Capitol Hill area. “Get out there. See what turns up,” Atkins said. Bill nodded, strapped on his weapon, shrugged into a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Watch Crow, Part 3

“We want to check this to see if it looks authentic.” Mike told her it was a prop for a science fiction movie. She walked them to a lab desk where Art took the first turn at the microscope. The bead was a bullet-shaped cylinder with a curved lens on one end and a fine metallic hair at the other. Art... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Watch Crow, part 2

Art put the bead on the table. “I was going to the bead shop, maybe get enough for a pack of smokes.” Mike picked it up, lifted his sunglasses. “Too small.” he said. The reference desk had a magnifying glass. Archangel waited until no one was nearby. “This ain’t a bead, A. It’s some kind of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Watch Crow - (spy story: caution, some rough language)

Art Nolan was minding his own business, dragging drowsily through the park on First Hill on his way to breakfast when a shotgun blasted nearby. He dove for cover, ears ringing. A crow tumbled near his head and lay still. After a few minutes he raised his head: no sign of the shooter. As he climbed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Veteran's Day - The Center Will Be Closed

I'll miss being there. Funny how it can change from being that barely-noticed building on North Main Street to the hub of my routine. But I saved a story from last Tuesday to share here. A woman I'll call Nancy has come for soup and salad, and of course Bingo, from time to time. In fact the last... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 9, 2014

The Pistol

One Saturday morning some guys came up to the front door, loaded up my piano and rolled it out onto the stoop, then up a ramp into the back of a pickup truck. It took 'em about ten minutes, and my future ex thanked them for getting it out of his way. He'd swapped it for a.45 semi-automatic handgun,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 7, 2014

A Plot Thickens

Seal Team 6, under their "cloak of invisibility" landed at the compound and took out the al Queda leader in a dark op that beat out any scenario a Hollywood screenwriter could have dreamed up. They spirited his body from the scene and buried Bin Laden at sea, in, out and done with "nobody" being the... Sign in to see full entry.

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