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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

More on Patchwork

Yesterday I posted that I found a notebook with a number of hand-written stories that would work for the collection - to be titled "Patchwork." And then I got the idea to copy a few posts from here on FB that were just the same kinds of stories. I had no idea I wrote so many - by the time I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 19, 2025

PATCHWORK

On my quest to sort and pitch stuff from shelves and storage bins, I picked up a notebook from a stack on a bookshelf. It turned out to be the notes from a writing program at the Main Street Community Center from 5 or 6 years ago on "How to Write Your Life Story." Each weekly session focused on a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Nursery Rhyme from Mother Goose's collection

Hickety-Pickety, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen. Gentlemen come every day To see what my black hen doth lay. p.s. I thought of calling the hen Liberty-Bibberty, since that annoying commercial is repeating itself on TV and in my brain. But Mother Goose might disagree with my exercise of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 17, 2025

Let's Sing in the Sunshine

There was a song with a title that went something like that from the days when radio was it. The line I remember was "we'll sing in the sunshine, and then I'll be on my way." I liked it at the time. Maybe I was 15 and at that phase when I wanted to be anywhere but under Mama's thumb. Being on my way... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 16, 2025

THE DAILY WHINE

It seems that's what ends up on my page these days -- all whine and no shine. I'd like to be able to bring a grin now and then, some tie-in to experiences others have had, the funny things kids say that turn out to be oh-so-wise, funky things some old-timers used to believe about how the world... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

Song Lyric from Way Back When

With someone like you, a pal good and true, I'd like to leave it all behind and go and find Some place that's known to God alone Just a spot to call our own. We'll build a sweet little nest somewhere in the west Out there beneath the kindly sky. We'll find perfect peace where joys never cease and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

TO GO OR NOT TO GO

My kids and I have been talking about whether or not it's time for me to think about moving to independent living at a senior living facility, where it's all on one level. We toured a place called Eden Village yesterday. I liked the layout of their 1-bedroom independent apartment, and it actually is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

What if?

Years ago it was common to see door-to-door salespeople showing up on regular routes to sell to housewives along their route. There was the Watkins man, who sold vanilla, cinnamon and other kitchen needs. And then there was the Avon lady who gave out tiny lipstick samples and offered a wide range of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 10, 2025

THOSE WERE THE DAYS

In the decades before TV was the medium of choice (1930s-40s) there was a radio serial called "Our Gal Sunday." The announcer would start each program with "This is a story that asks the question: Can a simple girl from a little mining town in the west find happiness as the wife of a wealthy and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 8, 2025

'53 VIKING CLASS MOTTO

"Not as large as the largest, but as strong as the strongest." There were 22 graduates in Mossyrock's 1953 senior class: 11 boys and 11 girls. Of the 11 boys, only 10 were able-bodied and fit to play sports. The 11th had hemophilia, which meant his blood didn't clot. The slightest cut or bruise... Sign in to see full entry.

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