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Thursday, August 27, 2020

DON'T LOOK NOW...

I skipped the convention coverage - tuned in to the comedy channel instead. There was Samantha Bee, saying all the obnoxious things I was thinking and making me laugh. And then Trevor Noah. I still miss Jon Stewart, but Trevor's got a lot going for him as well. And then I thought to catch up on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

The Main Street Center is a very different place now than it was pre-Covid. We had a regular cycle going then: Bingo on Tuesdays and Fridays, Pinochle, Bridge and Euchre at various times, lunches prepared by local eateries and delivered to our kitchen for serving. There were two book clubs, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

They announced it last night at the RNC nominating convention. Our leader has found a cure for Covid-19, they're making sure people with pre-existing conditions get health insurance at an affordable rate, and QAnon is actually a rational backup to law enforcement when Antifa and BLM rioters try to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 24, 2020

Something from the good old days (before Covid)

LISTENING Sometimes my mind grabs onto what a speaker is saying, vines around the words and sentences, leafs out to anticipate the next idea, takes delight in a thoughtful branching to something unexpected. Sometimes it pulls away from pontificating and thou shalt not to meander along a remembered... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 23, 2020

JOURNALISM 251

In the early 1980s Bill Ward’s journalism students were assigned to write a sights and sounds article based on personal observation. I was in my late 40s at the time. Most of my classmates were traditional students – between 18 and 22 years old. Prof. Ward ordered us to write a feature article that... Sign in to see full entry.

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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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