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

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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Weird thought: some day these may be the good old days.

Things are so hectic in 2026 - predatory politicians renaming parts of the world, bullies making threats, violence, horrible deadly weather. Not a day goes by without violence in the streets, kids shooting up their schools, masked ICE troopers on the prowl. Some days I really miss that tiny town I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 27, 2026

THEME FROM A SUMMER PLACE

In 1960 Percy Faith's recording of "Theme From A Summer Place" - which was the score that played during the romantic scenes of that movie - was everywhere on the radio. There were many music programs, we saw the orchestra perform it on TV programs. At that time Roy and I were holding hands in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Maybe it's just me...

But it seems DJT is dismantling our country brick by brick, making allies turn against us, starting wars he can't win, cancelling education support by our government, taking away health rules that have kept our children safe from dangerous contagious diseases (measles, mumps) and putting untrained,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 24, 2026

SAFE TRAVELS?

Lately the TV news has featured many stories about laptops and other items with lithium-ion batteries bursting into flames when the airplane reaches cruising altitudes. It was my understanding these were not allowed on flights. Bad enough to wait in endless lines in the airport and all the other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 23, 2026

School Days

Sometimes I find myself thinking about high school, all the things I learned outside the classrooms. There were cliques, which I was never part of, but I wasn't the only kid excluded from them. Mossyrock was at the center of the web of rural highways and byways, farms and small villages, so there... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 21, 2026

Hand-me-downs

Our family had a very tight budget, and Mom was highly skilled at finding ways to make ends meet. One way was to get hand-me-down clothes from cousins who lived back home after we'd moved to a village on the other side of the Cascades. She and my aunties wrote letters every week, and they often... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

Today - First Day of school at St. B's - not the usual traffic jam, cars lined up to drop off the kids at the front door. Moms and dads park their cars in the lot or along the street and wait with them for the greeters to open the doors. The big bluebird school mascot waves his wings and kneels to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

ICE is for cooling your lemonade

I don't like the reminder of Hitler's gestapo and the atrocities of WWII the current GOP administration brings to mind in 2026. I don't like masked enforcers bringing down the wrath of heaven on peaceful immigrants, in our country to seek a better life as our ancestors did a couple dozen generations... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Anti-social Media - it's not helping

Half the stuff they publish on 'social' media is designed to piss us off or make us feel sad and hopeless. The other half is made up of political bias, lives and deaths of the rich and famous, and recipe ideas. I may be skipping some categories. I got so tired of seeing Trump's face, reading his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 14, 2026

TOO DARN HOT!

The heat index promises to be between 108 & 110 degrees here for the next few days. Dangerously hot. They've cancelled the horse races at Fairmount track. Sign in to see full entry.

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