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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

TIME TO GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND DO SOMETHING...

Bored with the reruns, sick of the news, I turned to a health & wellness show on PBS Channel 9. It was about exercise to train the brain and to me it looked like some of the moves in ballet – long stretches, hands stretched high above the head, touching, the body swaying in a graceful circle, then... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 31, 2020

FROM LOVE SONG TO PROPHECY

SEPTEMBER SONG For it’s a long, long time from May to December but the days grow short when we reach September. As the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame We haven’t got time for the waiting game. And the days dwindle down to a precious few, September. November. These last few days I’ll spend... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 30, 2020

Whoa! Lady...

Did I ever tell you about the time a horse ran away with me? No? Well, it was the summer I was 16 - between junior and senior years. Tommy Snodgrass, one of our schoolmates whose family ran a small ranch in a nearby valley from our place in Salkum, came by one morning, riding his horse and leading... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 29, 2020

FOUR MORE YEARS?

DISCLAIMER: THIS POLITICAL OPINION COULD BE CONTRARY TO YOUR OWN AND MIGHT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. The wild wild west was lawless. But the honest cowboy who did his job and stood by his compadres was respected far and wide. Horse thieves were hung if they were caught. Cheating at poker could send a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 28, 2020

MIXED MESSAGES

It's true, mama doesn’t criticize dust bunnies any more or grab a rag and polish smudges from my cupboard door She didn’t tell me when I married she thought the guy was wrong but five years-two kids later claimed she’d known it all along She doesn’t tell me now to sit up straight or say my face is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 27, 2020

DON'T LOOK NOW...

I skipped the convention coverage - tuned in to the comedy channel instead. There was Samantha Bee, saying all the obnoxious things I was thinking and making me laugh. And then Trevor Noah. I still miss Jon Stewart, but Trevor's got a lot going for him as well. And then I thought to catch up on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

The Main Street Center is a very different place now than it was pre-Covid. We had a regular cycle going then: Bingo on Tuesdays and Fridays, Pinochle, Bridge and Euchre at various times, lunches prepared by local eateries and delivered to our kitchen for serving. There were two book clubs, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

They announced it last night at the RNC nominating convention. Our leader has found a cure for Covid-19, they're making sure people with pre-existing conditions get health insurance at an affordable rate, and QAnon is actually a rational backup to law enforcement when Antifa and BLM rioters try to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 24, 2020

Something from the good old days (before Covid)

LISTENING Sometimes my mind grabs onto what a speaker is saying, vines around the words and sentences, leafs out to anticipate the next idea, takes delight in a thoughtful branching to something unexpected. Sometimes it pulls away from pontificating and thou shalt not to meander along a remembered... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 23, 2020

JOURNALISM 251

In the early 1980s Bill Ward’s journalism students were assigned to write a sights and sounds article based on personal observation. I was in my late 40s at the time. Most of my classmates were traditional students – between 18 and 22 years old. Prof. Ward ordered us to write a feature article that... Sign in to see full entry.

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