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Friday, May 31, 2013

To Hat or Hat Not

In all my growing up years I never saw my mother wear a hat. Out doing yard work at our refuge in Salkum - planting and weeding - or driving the crooked mountain roads in our blue '33 Chevy sedan, shopping, at 4th of July picnics at the park alongside the Columbia River near Kennewick - never wore a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

About V-1 Rockets and mysteries from the distant past

Yesterday in my email box was a personal reply from author Rick Atkinson to my question about WWII and the V-1 Rockets and etc... He answered my "where can I find more info" question by saying the sources he recommends are listed in the bibliography of his book, "The Guns at Last Light: The War in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

High Concept

This old gal is about halfway through an article in the latest "Writers Digest" about what 'high concept' means in terms of fiction. Apparently it's catch-all phrase to mean something entertaining to a wide variety of readers, something readers can associate with their own experiences while at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Git 'er done...

One reason we identify with Larry the Cable Guy, making crude redneck jokes in his battered old baseball cap and a plaid shirt with the sleeves torn off, is that we know a guy like him (or we are secretly a lot like him). There's more to him than meets the eye - he's got all that basic, hard-earned... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 27, 2013

New Lead in Search for my Father's Military Records...

I don't think I posted anything about the latest ride on the bureaucratic merry-go-round. May have mentioned sending a query to the records center in St. Louis - mailed it on January 29 of this year. Got a response about a week ago (around May 19). I ripped open the envelope hoping for details. What... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

A Children's Story

A few days ago my daughter asked if I'd help her partner's niece complete a school assignment by doing an interview with her. There was a lot riding on this student's assignment, something she'd been putting off for months even though she knew she couldn't graduate without completing it. She had to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Saturday! Yay!

It's Saturday Morning, and this is NPR... Weekend Edition, It's Only a Game, and other features along with the news. Later there'll be Frick & Frack the Tappet Brothers and a lotta laughs and Car Talk. Who cares if it's all encore these days, the live shows have gone the way of The Show of Shows and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 24, 2013

It's Friday in the Brick Street neighborhood

St. B's volunteers have been up for 36 hours now, setting up the food tents, parking the beer trucks, getting organized for the annual Memorial Weekend festival. It's the kickoff for summer in our little town, carnival rides, games of chance, a raffle and live music. On Saturday morning there's a 5K... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

"Together again," my nephew wrote.

There was a photo from their last Christmas, and Larry said my sis had gone gently into that good night about 2:30 in the morning, Salem Oregon time. For some time now she's talked about going up to Portland where he's been working with his mates on a WWII PT Boat. She grieved after he passed away... Sign in to see full entry.

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We've invited Tom Cruise to our next writer's meeting.

At the Writers Without Borders meeting last night, we got on subject of book-based movies, and how different the screenplay can be from the book. Included in our free-range train of consciousness interchange were the mini-series "Emma" and some of the other famous period love stories, the Harry... Sign in to see full entry.

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