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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

JUST IN CASE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO READ

From 1995-2003 I worked for Seattle Central Community College. It's now become a 4-year institution and is known as Seattle Central College. I worked in the Humanities and Social Sciences office, ordering textbooks for all the professors, sorting mail, answering the phone at times, answering... Sign in to see full entry.

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Watching George Floyd's services in Houston

To me, the most meaningful part of this service has been the family's memories and tributes to their brother, cousin and mentor. What his six-year-old daughter said may just be true. She said "My daddy has changed the world." I hope she's right. Be kind. Be safe. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 8, 2020

Thank you, everyone who commented on my last post!

It's so good to know you're there. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 7, 2020

MOM'S DAY OFF...

When I was a working mom, Saturday wasn’t a day off. It was catch-up day. If their father didn’t have to work overtime, he had the yard work, and there was always a game on TV after the morning cartoons that kept the kids busy whenever it was raining or too hot to be outdoors. I had sheets to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 6, 2020

THINKING OF ANYTHING BUT OUR CURRENT TROUBLES

"Woman's Work" is a novel I wrote several years ago for a National Novel Writing Month event (50K words in 30 days, each November). Science Fiction genre: Woman pilot of a space salvage ship finds a potential location of a lost space mission on an old NASA computer she bought at a junkyard. To... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 5, 2020

About "The Ingrate."

This story is actually what happened the summer after my younger brother graduated from High School. Somehow my mother got the idea in her head that Jim had just taken off to work the haying harvest and didn't want to give her any of his earnings. But he'd joined the Army National Guard. When came... Sign in to see full entry.

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THE INGRATE

1958: When Jay got back to Salkum from his six-weeks basic training stint at the National Guard headquarters, he was feeling a bit down. His mother had not even come to his graduation ceremony. Her car was gone when he pulled in alongside the driveway. He wondered where she was. And then he noticed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: WHY NOT?

SOME THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON If it hadn’t been for Covid-19 and the shelter at home orders, millions of Americans stuck at home with nothing to do but watch TV – if they hadn’t already been feeling on edge and under threat – they might not have been so deeply moved by the death in police custody... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

The Great Dan Patch

This movie from 1949 was about a race horse - a champion harness-racing horse that was actually owned by a millionnaire feed and grain producer whose last name was Savage. It was not a Disney film like "Bambi" with cute little bunnies and a story with happy music, pathos and a moral. It was about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

1980-SOMETHING

Jen and Harold were enjoying a drink at the Corner Tavern, listening to the juke box and chatting with the Sue and Rick Arnold. A couple of guys sitting at the bar had turned around to join in their conversation. For weeks the news had been dominated by Phyllis Schlafly, speaking for the anti-ERA... Sign in to see full entry.

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