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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

WHEELBARROW TO ANYWHERE

During my junior year in high school I was infected with “get the hell out of Dodge” syndrome. At 16, with no money in my pocket and seeing no way out of my situation – all I wanted to do was get out from under mother’s thumb, find a job and have my own money. And most of all, I didn’t want to be... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 5, 2020

The Blessings of Adversity

I think we have all had to overcome one kind of disadvantage or another - health issues, financial problems, lack of education, being outsiders, victimization, discrimination, even abuse. Back in the mid-80s when this grandma was a college student, I had one professor whose ability to motivate... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 4, 2020

TOMORROW THERE MAY BE FROST ON THE PUMPKIN

It is one of those dry, sunny October days that we think about long after the month has become a memory - crisp and with maybe a hint of barbecue smoke, or maybe someone's gone against the rules and decided to burn some fallen leaves. It was dark yesterday even at high noon, overcast and raining. A... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 3, 2020

TRIPPIN’ BACK IN TIME

When I graduated from Mossyrock High School in May of 1953, it was the smallest graduating class in years. There were eleven girls and eleven boys. It may surprise you to learn our football team won every game that year, always against larger schools. Of our eleven senior boys, one suffered from... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 2, 2020

SUPER YARD SALE TODAY AND TOMORROW!

THE MAIN STREET BOUTIQUE It’s a resale shop, set up in a 12 x 14 former storeroom at The Main Street Center. Shop volunteers take donated clothing and linens home, wash & iron and bring them back for sale. People donate accessories, picture frames, vases and other décor items, craft materials for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 1, 2020

HALLOWEEN IN SALKUM - 1949

Masks came from Woolworth’s or some other dime store in those days, made of some kind of fabric and stiffened in a mold using starch of some kind. This was before the age of plastic. We didn’t have TV, very few super heroes to inspire us. Trick or treaters used makeup or wrapped their faces in torn... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

I VOTED - AND GOT A FREE PEN

The line was out the door and around the building by the time I got inside on the first day of early voting. As each vote is put into the tabulating machine it is numbered. I was #130 that morning, about an hour after the courthouse opened, and there were at least 75 or 80 folks behind me. Each... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

MOONLIGHT AND RAINBOWS

MONDAY: 5:30 P.M. I was tucked up in my La-Z-Boy, crochet hook working on a new beanie, mist green and white – one of those thick ones I call chemo hats, when I noticed a sunbeam coming through the mini-blinds of the front window. It had been raining gently off and on for the past hour or two, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 28, 2020

Income Taxes Paid last year

Teachers paid $7,239 Firefighters paid $5,283 Nurses paid $10,216 Donald Trump paid $750 'nuff said. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 27, 2020

THE SUNDAY REPORT - SKIP IF YOU'RE HOPING FOR A SMILE

It seemed unseemly to me that the president joyfully made the announcement that he would replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg within hours of the sad news of her death. He already had candidates in mind - or rather his advisors did. I don't believe he has expertise about any legal expert's... Sign in to see full entry.

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