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Thursday, August 14, 2025

About That First Cup of Coffee...

I've been buying Peet's coffee in the Keurig cups for a couple of years. It's got a strong kick that sometimes borders on bitter, which I like. If it gets to be too much I can always sprinkle a teensy dash of salt to take the edge off. But yesterday as I waited behind a slow shopper in the coffee... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

The Best Job

Was thinking earlier about the best job in the world - the one that does the most good for people. Doctors, nurses and providers of care are right up there at the top. But it just occurred to me that being a comedian, making people laugh out loud and forget the big and little things they're dealing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

A word to the wise:

Pete Hegseth, one of emperor Trump's right-hand men, supports Christian Nationalism and Doug Wilson -- a so-called preacher and wanna-be political boss. Wilson told Mr. Hegseth in a TV interview yesterday he believes women 'are just the people other people come out of' and otherwise have no special... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 10, 2025

What's in a name?

In online posts I refer to my favorite husband as Fang. It's a nickname I picked up 60-odd years ago from comedienne Phyllis Diller who had a routine in which she called her husband "Fang." The joke I remember best is the one where she said Fang wouldn't come into the kitchen because he was afraid... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Whump!

We were newlyweds. Fang was 24, and had lived with his family in rental apartments all his life. I was nearly three years older and left home at 18, married & divorced a few years later. I'd only recently lived in an apartment. We met at work where we were offset press operators in a commercial... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

TANGLED THREADS

So long, old friend: Ten years or so ago I found this baggy, soft olive-green sweater in the Main Street Center's resale shop. $4. A bargain, and a cozy wrap for around the house. It became my go-to coverup. I wore it every day. A short time ago my daughter suggested I replace it: it was looking... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Sung by Billie Holliday and Bing Crosby...

"I'll Be Seeing You" I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this heart of mine embraces All day through In that small cafe The park across the way The children's carousel The chestnut trees The wishing well I'll be seeing you In every lovely summer's day In everything that's light... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Marching Band Practice

As I glanced out the window to see what all the commotion was about, I saw a marching band practicing its moves. The marchers strutting in perfect lines were a flock of two dozen green parrots, each carrying a small-sized musical instrument and playing the Washington Post march. The first two played... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 4, 2025

The Sapphire Ring

When I was a senior in high school, I was going steady with a boy who'd graduated the year before. At that time boys had to register for the military draft on their 18th birthday, and by early spring of '53 he was about to be called up. But one weekend, with Mom's OK, we drove up to Seattle - about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Down On The Farm

When Mom got her cancer diagnosis, she decided to place the three of us kids in a foster home situation while she underwent treatment. She checked with the state dept. of family services to get a recommendation and chose a farm family living on a rural route at the other end of the county. At that... Sign in to see full entry.

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