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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

WORK SWEETENS LIFE

In July of 1966 Roy and I and our two sons, Rusty (4) and Richie (3) moved into the house at the corner of Hale Ave. and Jefferson Road in the Leclaire neighborhood. Our next door neighbors were Walter Abendroth and his wife Sarah, both in their mid-seventies. Walter was a retired carpenter and had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

Today I left the crocheting at home – decided to look for a book from the donated books room at The Center. Looked through the mysteries, the hard covers, the large print. Zero of interest. How about non-fiction? Ahh, there’s an idea. It was a copy of Alan Alda’s memoir: “Things I Overheard While... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 10, 2020

OKAY, I’M OVER IT

You know how it is – a few months of being confined to solitude and you begin to wish for human contact: any human contact. Those safely distant small talk exchanges with other customers during a quick and scary store dash a couple days ago have worn off. So you sit out on the front porch to catch a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 9, 2020

TIME TRAVEL... (SORTA)

HOME ECONOMICS Mossyrock High School, 1952 – The Home Economics teacher was Susan Jouno, a tall, fierce-looking Norwegian blond who knew a thing or two about what’s what. Russ Jouno, her husband, was the Ag/Shop teacher and an assistant coach. He was a tall Viking with rough-hewn features and a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 8, 2020

INTERRUPTED PATTERNS

There is a comfort in patterns and rhythms, in knowing what is going to happen next. Spring follows winter, the new leaves sprout after a seed is planted. That long look across a crowded room, that inviting smile, is the first move in a game lovers have played throughout history. First comes love,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 7, 2020

Just getting a little something off my chest.

What distresses me the most about this pandemic is how helpless it makes me feel. When my kids were young and had problems to face, I could find a way to make it all better - anything from listening therapy to chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven. I had band-aids and medicated creams that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

THURSDAY AT THE CENTER

They needed a sub to work the front desk at The Main Street Center today, so it seemed like a good chance to get out of the house and maybe get to talk to a few people instead of staring at the boob tube or getting my granny panties in a knot over whatever some politician has done now. Good idea, as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

HISTORY 101

THE FAMILY 2020’s Pandemic is a historic event. It has overshadowed the 100-year anniversary of another: this month marks the date women in America – after a 50 year struggle by activists – won the right to vote. In my own family August 8, 1906 was the date of my mother’s birth in Pierre, South... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

This year we've had two virulent plagues. One continues from 3+ years ago, a plague of spiteful divisive attacks, nasty inferences and outright prevarications. The other got its start when an evolving virus took a leap from animal to humankind and proceeded to lay waste to its host specie. This last... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 3, 2020

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

Hunkered down, that's where. Why? There's a virus out there, trying to kill everyone. That's not true. Couldn't be. It's fake news. Are you crazy? Didn't you see those news stories, the crowded ER's? Staged by the liberals. All fake. I don't think so. Didn't you get laid off? Yes, but that was... Sign in to see full entry.

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