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

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

COMING ATTRACTIONS:

QUESTION: Who really checks us out on Judgment Day? Is it only St. Peter at the golden gate, or do all our chicks come home to roost? I've started working on a new story, practicing with my new version of Word. stay tuned. Sign in to see full entry.

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ABOUT OUR COFFEE...

Turns out, coffee is good for us, within reason. The morning cup of caffeine stimulates the brain and helps our memory. But the stimulant needs to be regulated a bit: it's not a good thing to get the brain all wired up within several hours of bed time. So for me the rule is, only decaf after lunch.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021

COUNTERPOINT TO YESTERDAY'S GRIPE

My cable provider carries WGN the Chicago superstation, whose main programming during the day is sitcom reruns of the tool guy. But early each evening they become News Nation, with reporters chiming in from all over the country to report their local big news of the day. They report the who, what,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

ABOUT THE NEWS

Pretty girls in party dresses, nicely coiffed and made up smile at the camera, read lines from the teleprompter as the network feed and local news videos play on cue. "Be right back," they say, not moving as ads for pain pills, linaments, ask your doctor about the latest cancer drug, party weekends... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 16, 2021

MEETINGS

Three guys in hard hats and neon t-shirts held a meeting ten minutes ago in the steep driveway leading to St. B's parking lot. A construction company has been there all summer building a new gym/reception hall, and their office trailer has been parked on a corner of the playground. Seeing the guys... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 15, 2021

THE BENCH

She'd been sitting there, sipping her coffee, breathing in the early morning air and watching the ducks. It was her Saturday morning 'vacation' - an hour's break in the routine. Back at the house she was certain nobody else was up: not Fang, her husband, nor Joey or Bitsy, her first and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 14, 2021

DAYS OF OUR BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

The aerial highway is again open for business in the habitat of the Backyard Squirrels. While construction crews were in and out of the next house north, and while the Brick Street troop was laying low to the south, spring came and went. The branches grew, sent out twigs and new leaves. The new... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 13, 2021

STORMS LAST NIGHT CAUSED POWER OUTAGES, TREE DAMAGE

The St. Louis region caught a bit of hell from Mother Nature last night. Following a simmering humid few days of intense heat, a crackling thunderstorm led a cooler front in a west-to-east march across Missouri and Illinois, leaving 90,000 without power and some spectacular tree falls. This gave the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

"IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL THE FAT LADY SINGS"

No matter how it started, Covid 19 and its variants have become humankind's deadliest enemy. Like the fireballs from space that took out the dinosaurs millions of years ago, it has launched an all-out attack on life as we know it. A year and a half ago we thought we'd be getting back to normal in a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

OLD BRAIN, NEW TECH --

Some things are so basic we just assume everybody knows them, like turning a computer on or off. As I may have mentioned, technology and upgrades to Windows operating systems left my old Sony desktop behind, so I had to get a new model. It never occurred to me to ask the tech guru at installation... Sign in to see full entry.

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