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

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Winged Visitor

How amazed I was yesterday when a giant crow came by, six feet from my window, and landed on the railing on the porch outside my back door. Big! His beak was almost as long as my thumb, and I swear he looked right in the window at me and nodded. If the window hadn't been there, I could have reached... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Mind Find

At the library a week ago I found an old book with the blurb "Classics of Detection and Adventure" at the top to indicate it was a reprint of something good. The title "Trial and Error," the author I'd never heard of: Anthony Berkeley "The supreme master not of the twist but of the double-twist"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Misplaced trust

Couple months ago I mentioned my "Murder at 922" story, based on a 1911 murder trial in which a man is convicted of killing his wife. In my version the ghost of Isabel almost takes George into the next realm. In the group was this local author who does history-of stories. She begged me to let her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Off The Grid - my "hat" assignment

Times like these I begin to yearn for isolation and invisibility. The web, the all-seeing eye is everywhere. "They" know what you buy, where you go, who you see, when you sleep and wake up. Maybe they know what you think. Unless you're two-faced and say the opposite, in which case your actions may... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Hats Off!

We No Borders writers assigned ourself to write something on hats. The deadline is coming up. My first idea was the old horse opera idea that the good guys wear white hats. Or maybe something about being eligible (long-since) for membership in the Red Hat Society. Yesterday on Facebook I asked for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 6, 2013

Carbon Copies

At the library yesterday I was talking to Corrine, a 14-year-old who's been growing up under my eyes. She's got one of those three-point dads who brings his kids to the library every weekend, attends their games and recitals, makes a point of being an admirable role model. She and her brother are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Going Away Party

Nicki rented the mother-in-law apartment over my son's garage for the past school year, doing her teaching internships and finishing up her masters in education. She's the daughter of one of Guy's high school buddies, kind of like a niece to him, and he's kind of taken her under his wing, helped her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

Get your kicks on Route 66

Wiley's comment that he'd driven the iconic Route 66 of TV fame - in Arizona and California - made me think further about the road. Couple weeks ago our little burg actually planted a roadside memorial complete with photos of local wayside attractions that once 'lived' in and on the fringes of this... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 3, 2013

NoahsOldeTyme Website Crashes: High Volume of Ark Queries

They're out of inventory at JohnBoats. Water's two or three feet deep on Grafton's main drag, but those shop owners had fair warning and moved their inventories to the second floor. The Mississippi comes up nearly every spring to wash away early tourist season and leave enough debris to keep the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sci Fi - old style

Philip K. Dick was a science fiction writer, sometimes brilliant and compelling, sometimes just strange. He wrote short stories and novels that have been adapted into movies, among them "Paycheck," "Minority Report," "Blade Runner" and "Total Recall." He was fifty-three when he died in 1982 and some... Sign in to see full entry.

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