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Monday, January 21, 2013

When mother was in charge...

LITTLE GUILTS IN MOTHER’S KAMP Mother stands with her arms crossed feet spread, standing squared in black boots. The dark tower of her fills the doorway. The iron-tipped whip in her right hand taps the swastika on her left shoulder. She knows in her SS way about the cracks I stepped on the flirty... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

I Hope You Like Corn...

“So, in case you didn’t catch it the first time, you’ve been forgiven,” Margaret said. “No.” “Yes.” She set her cup down and looked at him. Tears had formed in his eyes, but he was holding them in. “I don’t deserve it.” “But I do. Holding onto hate was hurting me, my hostility was... maybe that’s... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 18, 2013

What this country needs is Ninja Grannies

Git the word out. It's time to put a stop to this bass-ackwards debate over the Second Amendment. Ninja Grannies - you know who you are - grab your bar of lye soap and a couple a willow switches, because you're gonna need 'em. Ain't you sick of them lies and damn lies a spinnin' out there from folks... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 17, 2013

The War Years - (WWII) - excerpt from 7th Dimension

Note - The Saratoga was one of the first aircraft carriers, a ship originally designed to be a battle cruiser, but modified to add a flight deck in the early 1930s. The Lagroix character in this story is based on the real Chief Gunner who charmed my mother and then never came back after the war. I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Kids, today...

My oldest son was over on Sunday, we talked over coffee for awhile and then went out to a late lunch at the IHOP - I had a couple Swedish crepes with lingonberry butter & a spoonful of the jam, gluten be damned. We talked about Walmart policies, how their management style affects employees - himself... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Spur of the Moment...

Yesterday. 5:30 a.m. Reading Writer's Digest, January, 2013. Page 51: headline Enter Yourstory. Contest #47. Write a short story 750 words or less, using the following prompt: "A man who lives alone sees a set of footprings leading away from his house the morning after a heavy snowfall. Deadline:... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 14, 2013

There's more horse's a$$es than horses.

There were professors and administrators at my desk every day, asking questions, making their down-their-nose pronouncements, generally projecting the fact they were in charge and I was a petty functionary. Do you think one of them would admit things got done whether they were there or not, but if... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Leaving Dakota - Excerpt

Note - Years ago my mother told me she was six and the fever struck in mid-summer, but official records show Bert caught Typhoid in November, when she was eleven. Typhoid fever struck the Yakima Valley in the fall of 1917, and in November the whole family got sick, except for little Roy, who’d eaten... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Homesteading the Dakota Territory (excerpt)

As soon as they arrived and set up a temporary camp, the men worked together to drill wells and build sod houses and stock barns on all of their claims. Sod structures were built by layering plowed strips of sod from the virgin prairie to a height of about eight feet to form walls. Openings were... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 11, 2013

The Olden Days - excerpt

Lucy was nineteen and Bert was two years older when they married in 1905. Their daughter Margaret Estella was born in August, 1906. Mae (Nettie Marian) was born in January of 1908, followed by Ella Grace in March 1909. In order to support his family, Bert worked as an itinerant carpenter, taking... Sign in to see full entry.

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