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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

COFFEE WITH A GOLDEN GIRL

A friend from the writing group at the Main Street Center had to miss the gathering of the golden girls a couple weeks back because she'd had a silly accident at home and broke the pinkie toe on her right foot - a particularly clumsy and devastating cycle of events that involved an electric cord, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

THE AMAZING ADVENTURE

Lake Woebegon is about 4.7 inches from St. Olaf on the map of Wishconsota, the northern- most state below the U.S. Canadian border. St. Olaf is the ancestral home of Miss Rose Farland, now of Sunnibeach, Florida. She left Wishconsota when she turned fifty, sick of the frigid winters and summertime's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 28, 2021

Adventures of Maryellen, a Golden Girl in Training...

She grew up in a farmhouse about halfway between Lake Woebegon and St. Olaf, and attended the GoodEnough community highschool. Her big brother Teddy B. played on the varsity curling team. For a time she dated Monty, who was goalie for the GoodEnough Geoduks*, but she saw him kissing "Sleazy" Silvie... Sign in to see full entry.

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CARTOONS ON THE FUTURE, OR PREDICTIONS OF THINGS TO COME?

On a newscast a couple days ago, the news photographer caught a guy on a hover craft flying above the street in New York City. Dressed all in black and balancing with all the confidence of a high-wire circus performer, he sailed above pedestrians and vehicles, just like one of the Jetsons, surfing.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 27, 2021

WEATHER & ETC.

Just got an email from my sis in Oregon responding to my query about how she's doing in that hellish heat - she and my bro are both living in the Salem area, and they do have air conditioning, so they are able to handle the extreme heat. She tells me the humidity is up to the 40s & 50s so it's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Intermittent programming

Ordinarily I hate - and I do mean Hate with a capital H - awards shows. I hate every thing about them, the self-congratulations, the expensive/outrageous designer gowns, the not-so-spontaneous thank yous, the I-don't-know-how-the-academy-picked-poor- little-old-me speeches, the partisan political... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 25, 2021

ABOUT YOUR COMMENTS ON THE SQUIRREL QUESTION

Good advice, y'all! After I brought the question to this forum - and after I read your ideas, I decided maybe it would be a good idea to have parallel plots going, as they do on soap operas. For example: John loves Mary, but Susie is putting moves on him - and after John and Mary have a little spat,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

THE BACKYARD SQUIRRELS

A few months ago I started writing little 3-paragraph episodes about the antics of the squirrels who forage and scamper around my back yard. There were 4 of them at the time, two who frequently dig up a buried walnut or acorn and climb up onto the deck rail to keep an eye on the surrounding area... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Mama's Sayings

My mother was forced to quit school in 7th grade because she needed glasses. Her stepfather refused to buy them for her, it was an unnecessary expense. Education, he said, was wasted on females who were only going to keep house and raise children. She never forgave him. For all the time I was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Thoughts While Getting Dressed

As I was hitching up my jeans and putting on my shoes - double knotting the ties for safety because there's no way I could bend over and re-tie them if they come undone while I'm shopping - a thought occurred to me. If you've decided to make friends with a bear, never forget that deep down in his... Sign in to see full entry.

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