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

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Monday, May 30, 2022

Gene Soup

When I was a kid the idea of genetic testing, finding your ancestry through your DNA was a scientific development that may not even have crossed the minds of researchers. We did know that we got some characteristics from our parents and their parents - we were short or tall, athletic or roly-poly.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 29, 2022

SOMETHING BURIED IN THE BACK YARD

My new neighbor, who worked as a horticulturalist for many years, has dug new flower beds where there was lawn, installed a lovely arched garden gate and some flagstone pathways with blooming border plants. She also set up a veggie garden alongside the back fence. Couple days ago she mentioned she'd... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Patience - cont'd

They’d been in charge long enough. The world was in chaos. More and more dangerous men had taken power, volatile guys with supremacist ideas, oligarchs and billionaires whose lust for absolute power was endless. Starvation, drought, oppression of women and so many other offenses against humanity... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

PATIENCE, cont'd

George was pleased when Lydia brought him a Budweiser and a bowl of popcorn. She sat next to him to watch the game for a few minutes, kissed her husband’s cheek as she returned to the kitchen. There would be some strategizing at tomorrow’s gathering. What to do about Darla, about damage control in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

PATIENCE - a story idea

PATIENCE George seldom asked Lydia about her day. He assumed she spent her time watching soap operas on TV between household chores. With the kids at school there really wasn’t much for her to do. But he’d heard something weird at the office that day. Mike Sagal, the underwriter, had told them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 23, 2022

A POEM MY MOTHER USED TO QUOTE

A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 22, 2022

WHAT ABOUT THAT BABY?

In the late '70s - early '80s - I finally got my stuff together, cleared my desk so to speak and signed up to go for a college degree. My older kids were out of the house, the younger two were in junior high and high school and I had signed them on my team. I need your help, I told them. I can't do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 21, 2022

PROGRAM NOTE:

Judd Apatow has just released his documentary on HBO on the life of Comedian George Carlin. His take on politics, culture and our human foibles made him as much a philosopher as a stand-up comic in my view. Seems to me we have a number of comics and late show hosts who make their living doing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 20, 2022

SOMETHING TO PONDER

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

WHAT IF???

What if someone went into a bookstore or a coffee shop, took a seat at a table and pulled out a small placard that reads: Sell me your story, $10. Stories must have a beginning, a middle and an ending. Payment in cash, here and now. What would others do? Would they share a story? Try to bargain for... Sign in to see full entry.

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