Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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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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Sunday, August 2, 2020

Know Your Place

Some guys don't like it when a gal "talks back." If she points out his error or his very deliberate mis-statement designed to make himself look smarter or superior in some way especially when others are present he gets just a bit hot under the collar. Uppity women have been condemned in no uncertain... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 1, 2020

NOTES ON THE THEME

Eventually our protagonist Jan will discover that Newland is not all as advertised. It seems those who take up residence in this plain Jane world are not just alike physically, most of them are unaccepting of differences. Apparently Jan’s brain made it through the conversion process with some of her... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 31, 2020

Part Two - the journey to Newland

Jan and Cayce climbed into their assigned bunks on the transport, helping as the flight attendants fitted their oxygen, food and waste lines. It would take over two months to get to Newland. Passengers would be kept in limbo during the journey. Jan had read up on all the technical details as a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 30, 2020

TINKERING WITH A STORY IDEA

STARTING OVER Cayce and Jan were approaching the head of the line, each with their one permitted carry-on bag. A clerk at the desk smiled at them and shrugged, indicating her sympathy with the long wait. “Do you think we’ll make it this time?” Cayce asked Jan. “We’re within five,” Jan said. “I think... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

COVID-19 -- IS IT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT?

A FB friend of mine posted that she's suspicious. She doesn't know anyone who knows anyone who ever caught the virus. The numbers could be made up. Maybe if someone "real" and in her circle were to catch it, she'd worry about it. I saw her walking her dog one day. She wasn't wearing a mask, and if... Sign in to see full entry.

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