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Monday, November 22, 2021

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

They hadn't attended church while he was deployed, assigned to a military police unit that patrolled the waterfront bars and girly shows in Seattle. He found a berth in housing at the naval base, they got married in front of a dozen or so of her co- workers and family at the home of Pastor Collins... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 21, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

The walnuts were gone from the Backyard, hauled away in barrels or stored in secret little cubby holes for the winter. The leaves had slipped off the walnut tree and been bagged by the human. It seemed the world was ready for winter to arrive. But things were still strange in the Backyard. Tomcat... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 20, 2021

A LIMERICK FOR OUR TIME

Be cautious when you load your gun you may only intend to have fun but people could die in the blink of an eye and there's no coming back from that one. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 19, 2021

WHINING, POUTING, TALKING TRASH -- BUT NOT TODAY

I posted a whinge yesterday, and took it down an hour later here on Blogit. If you were one who read and commented, thanks for the empathy and sorry I bothered you. Geez, I'm in a rotten mood. Scrooge McDuck, the Grinch, Oscar the Grouch, Cruella... I see where all these nogoodnicks (thank you Al... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Roscoe found Mellie near the gazebo in the park. She had put on weight since he'd spoken to her a few weeks earlier - not the usual fat pad they added as fall came on, but she was carrying a pup. Still, she was as flashy and fast as ever, busy gathering and storing. It seems she and Trubbles had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

White Ears, the wise old female guardian and leader of the Brick Street Troop, has of late been acting very strange. Her advice has changed. She stopped offering how-to instructions on being aware of your surroundings and don't wait to leap away if there's the least little hint that TomCat could be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 15, 2021

ON THE JOB

I was 15, spending the last half of the summer with my Aunt Ella in Kennewick, as mom decided she needed a vacation from the three of us kids. Rose was 12, Jim was 10, and they elected to spend the last few weeks of summer on the farm with Aunt Ethel and Uncle Sam. Ever since we first bugged out to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 14, 2021

ADULT TOPICS

While playing computer solitaire and letting my mind work on a story idea, I came across a reminder about my young wife illusions: I’d been very naïve about what married life would be like. In those days - the early 1950s - all the women's magazines featured articles about how to please your man and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 13, 2021

HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE

Sandy Morris was a seventh grader in Miss Olsen's home room at the Chilton school. Kids came from miles around to Chilton - a consolidated district that served half of Lewis County. Most of the fathers were mill hands, farmers or logging truck drivers, and the mothers stayed home to keep house,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 12, 2021

VETERAN'S DAY MISCELLANY

(to the best of my recollection) Our house in Kennewick was originally on a farm up in the Horse Heaven Hills. Mother bought it at auction after the Japanese owners were taken to an internment camp in '41 or '42. She had it moved and placed on a foundation on her lot next to the Lee Staker,... Sign in to see full entry.

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