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Friday, July 24, 2020

THE CURMUDGEON'S CORNER

We are used to the Geico gecko doing silly things to sell us insurance. Allstate’s front man Dennis Hasbert, a respected actor with a solid résumé is able to project a sense of humor without losing his dignity, and occasionally there’s a reminder that “like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.” I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 23, 2020

COPING IN THE DAYS OF COVID

Old Mrs. Jones did not intend to be beholden to a soul – nor did she take any guff from anyone. She didn’t drive any longer but walked the seven blocks to the store. She had bought her own shopping cart for the convenience and for balance. Sometimes the seven blocks felt longer on the way back, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

THE BUTTER LOVER'S TANTRUM

As she stood in front of the kitchen sink, waiting for the coffee maker to make enough hot black caffeine so she could rob the pot of that first nectar, the fear and stress of the previous few weeks overwhelmed her. She yanked the cords to lower the mini blind against the sunrise, pleased with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

WRITING TIPS & TRICKS

From this week's Write Your Own Story page for the Main Street Center. Remember the 5 W’s when you tell your story. It will help your readers understand the time and place – your story will have a ‘frame.’ Who: As you’re writing about your grandma describe the size, shape, age and etc., so they can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 20, 2020

TRUE CONFESSIONS

Back in the ‘50s there was a magazine aimed at silly girls called True Confessions. There was a similar one True Story. Both were lurid, dripping with innuendo and often had heroines whose big mistake in life was to believe a deceiver who wanted nothing but to take her virtue (yes, they used that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 19, 2020

FINDING THE CALF

The Fogel’s dairy and hay farm at Lincoln Creek was set in rugged terrain, with low areas prone to flood each spring as snow melted in the higher elevations. The farmhouse sat just below the road to the right of a gravel driveway. From the kitchen window there was an open area, a stretch of dirt... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 18, 2020

Sigh

Congressman John Lewis, hero. RIP. 🙏 🇺🇸 Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 17, 2020

A HEAD IN A BAG AND A LONG PIECE OF THREAD

Between Boring, Oregon and Peculiar, Missouri there's a name they left off their list of strange town names in America. I believe there's a place we used to laugh about called Stinkin' Creek, Arkansas. Doesn't matter a jot or a tittle what the AAA atlas calls these places, to the locals they're just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Wednesday's child

Yesterday - Wednesday - it was hot and humid and the weather map on Channel 4 was ominous. Possible severe storms. Then around 4:30 they interrupted "Inside Edition" with warnings of a tornado watch, severe thunderstorms, high winds, the kind of turbulence we used to see only in April & May as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

NO STORY FROM THE CENTER TODAY

On Sunday I felt punk. Exhausted. Achy. Couldn't focus. All TV was fractious jerky political rehashed mud slinging done from one point of view on one network, and the opposite on another. None of it seemed logical or factual, just finger pointing and "ain't-it-awful" rambling rhetoric. Reruns of old... Sign in to see full entry.

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