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

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

ABOUT YOUR LIFE STORY

If you're thinking of writing about your early life so your grandkids can read it some day, there are a couple things you can do to make the job less of an awesome challenge. The hard way is to start from your earliest memory and go step by step in chronological order. That makes it a HUGE... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 28, 2021

THE NO PICKUP SCENE

Mary was about ready to leave. She'd been at Ye Olde Tavern for the Friday night happy hour with friends from work, she'd had supper and it was time to go home. She took a seat at the bar while she waited for Al to ring up her tab, her jacket draped over her arm, purse open on the bar as she fished... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 27, 2021

TWELVE MARINES AND A NAVY CORPSMAN

Until yesterday I'd never heard of Isis-K. I knew suicide bombers and militants with an agenda had been a threat to our Marines and others for the past 50 years - ever since the six day war, but my focus as I listened to network news about the pullout from Kabul, was the same as the media's. They... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

DATING GAMES... OR NOT

I had an idea for a boy-meets-girl scene. It was set in a bar, in the '70s, when the world of dating was changing (perhaps there's never been a time when it wasn't) and the the rulebook from Mama's day was being tossed in the trash. Girls were just as likely to love 'em and leave 'em as guys - the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

MR. WATKINS (NOT SHERLOCK'S SIDEKICK)

I was a little kid, maybe 7 or 8 years old. I was at Aunt Ella's house one morning when there came a knock on the door. She glanced in the mirror, gave her hair a little pat, and opened it. I, of course, had to know who was at the door and was standing close enough to feel her warmth through the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 24, 2021

HISTORY LESSON.

Porch conversation with a sales rep from AT&T yesterday, got on the subject of military families. I told him about my father, who joined the Navy at 16 using his brother's birth certificate to show he was 18. In the early '30s Henry was a gunner's mate on the original USS Saratoga, a state-... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 23, 2021

CRASH AND BURN

cont'd “It is judgment day for you three,” Simon explained. “What happens next is up to you.” “What do you mean, it’s up to me?” Paul snarled. “Not just you,” Simon said. “It is up to the three of you. This is only the first step. Each of you will have an individual trial, but before that takes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 22, 2021

CRASH AND BURN

Dot waved to the driver of the dark blue Chevy pickup, motioning him to go on. She was at the crosswalk just in front of the grocery store and with her bum knee it was going to take a while to get across. Dave shook his head and motioned for her to go ahead. Dot is an old gal who knows a thing or... Sign in to see full entry.

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WRITING - EDITING - PLOTTING -- AARGH!

The story begins when an older (much older) woman waves a pickup driver to go on as she approaches the front entrance to a supermarket. He, being a gentleman, waves her on. But a second pickup, driven by an impatient jackass, can't see the pedestrian, revs his engine, shakes a fist. Driver one flips... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 21, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS & MORE

Trubbles and Mellie came to the Backyard yesterday to check out the rumor that some walnuts had begun to drop from the tree in back of 1 South. The branches extend over Backyard Central, and those big green walnut hulls roll right off the garage roof and linger there to trip up unwary walkers and... Sign in to see full entry.

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