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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

SCHOOL'S MASK MANDATE VS THE JUDGE

It used to be the school principal - the superintendent - and the school board had absolute control over a school's student population. To this day there are dress codes, standards of acceptable behavior and threats of suspension or expulsion for any offense against the rules of conduct. Folks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

CHECKING THE BOOKSHELF

I was looking for a particular book from years ago, but it was not to be found. There was half a quote by this author that I wanted to look up on paper. It was part of the strategy to use up the time I was snowbound - something that didn't involve the internet or a crochet hook. Found a book with a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 7, 2022

OLD POEM, NEW IRONY

"Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made." Robert Browning's poem seems so appropriate for this year's valentine's day cards, for a marriage proposal, and as a motto to be cross-stitched and framed in an old- fashioned parlor. A few months ago the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

SNOW DAY

One February day in 1961, following a big snowfall like the one we just got, Roy and I were tired of being trapped inside, so we decided to take a little drive, maybe up the Great River Road. We lived in Alton at the time. When we got to the intersection on Broadway, he decided to turn left and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 5, 2022

REACHER - IN THE MOVIES

I read the book by Lee Childs when it came out a few years back. I thought his 6'6" hero character - a highly trained martial arts dude with the ability to take out five bad guys at a time - was a bit of an exaggeration. But then I like the Superman character, who Reacher seems to resemble. Both of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 4, 2022

FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

First of all, a big thank you to Tasha, my next-door neighbor, a working mom who's been stuck at home during Winter Storm Landon... Yesterday after the snow finally stopped piling up, she got out there in 18-degree weather and shoveled the front sidewalks in front of our houses, my entry sidewalk,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

WRITING & CROCHETING

ABOUT THE PROCESS: Recently I've been re-reading chapters of a novel I wrote in 2014 for NaNoWriMo. Wrote it so long ago I'd forgotten some of the ins and outs of the plot. I found a knot in the story thread - something that made me say "wait, what?" When that happens in a book I check out from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 2, 2022

YESTERDAY'S OBSERVATION

INDEPENDENT - STUBBORN Early this morning I noticed an elderly woman walking with a cane - one of those with four balance hooks on them. She was bundled up, covid mask and all, and moving carefully along the sidewalk. I had to admire her for getting out and exercising even though she needed the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

BRAIDS, cont'd

At the last class session of the semester, Audra arrived wearing a graphic tee shirt under her jacket, a pair of skinny jeans and a pair of white walking shoes. She had unwound the braid and put her hair into a long ponytail that hung well below her waist. The change made her almost unrecognizable... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 31, 2022

BRAIDS, cont'd

There were some stories that needed telling, but Ben didn’t have the skills to put just the right words on the page to catch a reader’s imagination. A story told to buddies who knew the drill was easy. They’d been on the scene; they understood the context. Ben didn’t have to frame and underpin the... Sign in to see full entry.

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