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

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Sunday, November 7, 2021

THE MASK

As she moved slowly along the aisle, focused on the books tabled there, she felt that she was being watched. She glanced up over her face mask to see a man standing nearby, a chubby guy of about fifty, staring. He was neatly groomed, with short hair, clean-shaven, plaid shirt collar showing above... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 6, 2021

MAKE A NOTE OF THAT, PAT!

I don't always (usually) stay up late enough to watch "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert, but he does often have guests who make me laugh or impress me with their talent in other ways. I know half the time they're making an appearance to promote a movie, book or coming TV show, but how else does a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 5, 2021

SEATTLE: 2001

One lunch hour I'd escaped the office at Seattle Central and headed for my favorite coffee shop, a couple blocks down Broadway at Pike Street. (Wish I could remember the name of that shop, which was a Starbuck's competitor at the time, but the name escapes me.) I was sitting at a curbside table,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 4, 2021

SUNRISE

As the water gurgles through the coffee filter and the hot coffee bubbles into the cup, I stand gazing out the kitchen window, across the apartment complex that lives behind (to the east) of my back fence. Several of the chimneys are sending up white clouds of exhaust that drift upward and disappear... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

STALKERS DON'T MAKE GOOD BOYFRIENDS

My darling granddaughter has gone through a very rough time in her young life - she's 24 or 25 and has had more trouble than most women twice her age. Thank heavens most of us never have to face the situations that overtook her. About 3 or 4 years ago she lived in Los Angeles and worked in retail.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

I'd seen him before on an early morning shopping trip. He'd stopped politely and waited for me to push my cart past him. His name tag identified him as an inventory checker. I'd never seen him there when the stockers were unpacking boxes from a cart or pallet. Maybe he was scouting the aisles so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, November 1, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

Roscoe and Jack, the two visitors who were beginning to take on the mantle of residency in the back yard of the house on Brick Street, had discovered a fabulous cache. It seems the human who lived there had swept up all the walnuts and tossed them into an open yard waste container next to the back... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 31, 2021

4TH OF JULY PICNIC, 1944

The Columbia River rolls east to west along the Washington-Oregon border, less than a mile below the road that links the towns of Kennewick, Richland and Hanford, site of the government's atomic research and weapons development facility. At that time our family's house faced the highway and in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 30, 2021

NATURAL CURE

Mother had a hard row to hoe. In addition to issues she never shared with us kids about her escape from a stalker and the fact that we were truly "on the lam" and hiding in plain sight, we were broke. Beyond broke. Every day for her was sink or swim, and of course we didn't understand, didn't have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 29, 2021

EARLY THOUGHTS ON CHRISTMAS

SANTA IS REAL: BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU THINK HE IS When my kids were around four years of age I told them about Santa – the truth of course. For one thing, why should some fly-by-night jolly old elf get all the credit for their gifts and toys? But it had occurred to me that telling children Santa is... Sign in to see full entry.

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