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

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Friday, April 17, 2020

A SHORT STORY FOR OUR TIME

HER ESSENTIAL WORKER Carrie Ann worked on the sorting line at Ace Recycling. Her job was to pull #1, 2, and 4 plastics and toss them into sorting bins alongside the conveyor belt. A wiry little thing, she had to stand on a box to do the work. A thick rubber band held her pale brown ponytail. She... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

The first time I saw a

Ball point pen. They're such a feature of our world - everywhere these days, some very cheap, some that work better than others, fine point, med. point... But I remember the first time I ever saw one. It was 1944 or 45 - WWII was still on, every healthy adult male in my extended family was in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

IT AIN'T THE CORONA VIRUS...

What's making this shelter at home business so frustrating to me ain't the fear of the virus itself. I ran out of crochet thread a week ago, finished my AARP magazine a day after that, sorted & pitched a lot of stuff I'd been hanging onto "just in case" a couple days after that. What's bugging me is... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?

I heard the president say he's the "ultimate authority," that it's up to him what each governor does in the state they lead. It will be on his say-so the switch will be flipped and the economy will be on again. And it was his say-so that there was only one little casualty, this virus wasn't going to... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 13, 2020

Radical Fringe to Take Up Arms Against ...

There's a militia group or three that operates in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in Idaho and the open range areas of eastern WA and OR. They resist any interference in their gun rights, hunting rights, how to school their kids, church attendance, any number of things by the government. I think... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

THE REVISION BEGINS

CHAPTER 1 – OPERATION SHERWOOD February 1991: when he woke up in a field hospital in Kuwait Master Sgt. Henry Begay was shocked to see both his feet were gone, the stumps of his legs swathed in bandages. He had no memory of stepping on the IUD or being evac’d by chopper. Henry did his best to wrap... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Fixing the plot

I first wrote and self-published "Waltzing With Zombies" for a NaNoWriMo event eight or nine years ago. It's a spy thriller, has nothing to do with waltzing or zombies, and originally had just over 50,000 words. That's the rule for National Novel Writing Month - 50K words in 30 days. Turns out I... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 10, 2020

THE GOOD FRIDAY WORD OR ???

Earlier I accidentally clicked on a religious TV infomercial - a "Christian" preacher ranting the standard-issue doomsday sermon. It's all over, he said. This is our day of reckoning. I switched channels before he got to the part where Covid19 was sent by god to punish us for our sins. I’ve heard... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Write Your Own Story

If this were not the Covid19 pause, today would be Write Your Own Story day at the Main Street Center. We'd gather at 9:30-ish (at least two of us are chronically 10 min. late.) Some of us bring our own coffee, others sip the decaf available on site. Often there are bagels & other pastries on the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

CAMPING TRIP

Fifty years ago – June of 1970 – Roy and I bought one of those Coleman pop-up tent campers, had a trailer hitch installed on the back bumper of our station wagon and got ready to take the kids on a two-week vacation. We couldn’t afford two weeks of hotels and café meals – between us we had five... Sign in to see full entry.

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