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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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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Buzz and Reva sittin' in a tree. K - I - S - S - I - N - G

Buzz turned 80 last summer, and his wife brought cupcakes for all the Bingo players to celebrate. Buzz wears a beard from fall to spring, shaves it off in the summer time. It is pure white and gets long enough by the holiday season that he can play Santa Claus. He comes early on Bingo days to shoot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Election Day at The Center

Great News, boys and girls! The campaign ad blitz is over for 2014! I’m so happy the robo-calls have stopped. The Center’s a polling place for two local precincts here in Mundane. We had voters coming and going all day. The director’s day started at 5:00 a.m. We stayed open until the polls closed.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Pro-Crastination

I believe the dragon egg thing is a delaying tactic. Thank you for not reminding me that November is for getting work submitted to publishers, not for NaNoWriMo novel writing or piddling around with household projects - all those things I do to avoid getting at priority 1 tasks. When I've got a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 3, 2014

Thanks for the feedback on the Dragon Egg thing.

Several very good ideas for the story... Sign in to see full entry.

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"After All" - a new reader

Son Joe stopped by for coffee. I had a business card I'd picked up at the Art Fair at the Library park in October, this amazing artist whose works look like fine oil paintings done by Van Gogh - not copies, but the vibrant colors, the sense of motion, the sensuality. He didn't think it would do much... Sign in to see full entry.

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