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Saturday, August 22, 2020

POLITICS UNUSUAL

Here in our isolation we bend an ear to the radio, NPR, where all the news is balanced, factual, not shaded with liberal or conservative opinion. Something new comes across: hope, a plan to restore some of the light to erase this darkened time, heal these divisions, end pointless cruel debate,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 21, 2020

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Two of my sons - I have 4 - will be here at noon for coffee talk. The eldest is an essential worker at a warehouse/shipping center. His wife is a seriously ill diabetic who needs a lot of looking after, so he has his hands full. In pre-Covid times he liked to take his bow & arrow into the woods... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 20, 2020

TALKING TO MYSELF…

While working at the Main Street Center a week or so ago, I was bored. The phone doesn’t ring more than once an hour since the ride program has been shut down – partly due to Coronavirus constraints that limit the number of riders (it’s a 12-passenger van w/ wheelchair lift) but we could only take... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2020

SECOND START

Got some good news a couple days ago. My beautiful great-granddaughter, almost 9 years old, is going to be okay. She’s the daughter of my grandson and his beautiful wife and about six weeks ago she had a seizure and fell to the ground unconscious. Scared the hell out of all of them. They rushed her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

MEDICAL ADVICE FROM MIKE LINDELL

You know Mike Lindell – the “my pillow” guy, major donor and fan of Donald Trump. Today when I came in from my shift at The Main Street Center, Chuck Todd on MSNBC was interviewing Mike Lindell, who has apparently come up with a Covid “cure.” Todd was interviewing Lindell because President Trump had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 17, 2020

A SOFT ANSWER TURNS AWAY WRATH

Wish I could always remember that. Taking the high road isn't always easy when a woman has that auto response to react in kind to a mean or sarcastic remark. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 16, 2020

REBOOT THE ROUTER...

Since mid-day Saturday I have been unable to get online, and for a time my phone, which operates off the same internet router, wasn't working. No dial tone. Nobody could call. I tried re-booting my computer (turning it off and letting it come on again) which usually fixes little problems. Nada. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 15, 2020

THE COFFEE QUESTION

For the past few years I've limited my coffee intake to 2 cups a day total caffeinated. Thanks to the Keurig thing, I can brew a fresh tasty cup in a minute and don't need to warm up a cup from the pot that's been sitting for hours. Also it comes in half-caff or decaf, so I can actually sip more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 14, 2020

PREDICTION

No matter who win the US election in November, there will not be a mass gathering at the inauguration in January, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic and annual flu season. Come to think of it, the fact we have an annual flu epidemic ought to tell us something about when we can expect to beat Covid.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

After retirement from SIUE in Oct. of '93 I decided to return to the Pacific Northwest, spend some time in my original family – lived near my mother and sisters in Salem, Oregon. About a year later my younger daughter decided to move to Seattle after her divorce, and I became her roommate for a... Sign in to see full entry.

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