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Friday, September 3, 2021

ABOUT TEXAS' ANTI-ABORTION & VOTING LAW CHANGES

Texas is the latest of several states trying to take women's rights and freedoms back to the 5th Century. What's next, Burkas? Texas and some others seem to have taken their cue from the Taliban. If the GOP in southern states and elsewhere can win an election fair and square, so be it. But they’ve... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

ANOTHER "WRITE YOUR STORY" IDEA

My grandmother, Lucy Amanda, was born in the 1880s into a homesteading family. The earliest stories I remember from her about her childhood were filled with words like "dear" and "darling," spoken in the language of the King James version of the Christian Bible. She used "thee" and "thou" and quoted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

reply to a couple comments

Yesterday was stormy, and it got very hot and muggy, so I stuck close to the La-Z-Boy and minded my own crocheting. Did not go by to check on the senior housing rentals yet. I think you all are right - it would be a good move, but I hate moving/packing/sorting, etc. and this would involve getting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Senior Housing Nearby

There used to be a nursing home a block over and about 5 blocks down. Several years ago it went out of business, the buildings were torn down and plans were submitted to the city to build a senior complex there - apartments for independent living, some of them for low income (retired & living on a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 30, 2021

MONDAYS

Weekends were a storm of activity back when I was a career-gal/student/mom and trying to play catch-up on weekends because I was too busy every week day getting people fed and off to school, getting myself to work, fixing supper, supervising their homework and doing my own, finding time to hug my... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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