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Friday, July 10, 2020

DATING GAMES

It was the early ‘80s – even at the university the good old boys, especially certain academics with tenure, thought females were fair game. Secretaries, lady professors, students – it was all one big candy store. At that time I was happily single again, a busy mom taking twelve credit hours of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 9, 2020

TRYING TO UNDERSTAND POLITICS

For the past couple of days - hard to keep track of how many these days - I've been doing a bit of investigating. I usually stick to the local CBS and NBC network news for weather and local issues, and to CNN and CNBC for the politics, Coronavirus updates, and whatever the president is doing. But... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Excerpt from this week's WYOS topics sheet

TIPS & TRICKS In “Writing Alone and With Others” Pat Schneider discusses the theories of writing and how it happens in a group [i]. Here’s what she says on p. 200. In a workshop, “everyone is learning – the teacher included. You will write together and share first drafts aloud in class, and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

THE THING ABOUT YESTERDAY

If this were not the time of the great quarantine, if it were possible for this old writing student to meet with the rest of the workshop writers for the Write Your Own Story sessions at The Center, I’d use yesterday’s little post to illustrate a couple of writing techniques. One of these is point... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 6, 2020

PURE COLUMBIAN

Iris was telling Joyce about her favorite coffee – pure Columbian – with its rich nutty flavor and heavenly aroma, when Lena came up to the table with a plate of pastries. “Oh, yes,” Lena said “My Willie brought in the most beautiful ones you ever saw last time he and Gordie went to Columbia. Pure... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 5, 2020

HEAVEN SCENT: a coffee shop - Cont'd

June sometimes dropped the name of someone so famous you might even have heard of them. For instance, she once said “When I stopped in at Sloppy Joe’s in Key West, I used to see Ernest Hemingway there. His stories got real far out at times he’d had a few too many.” Then she’d go into an explanation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 4, 2020

Small Town Version of the Literary Scene

HEAVEN SCENT: A COFFEE SHOP The Saturday morning group had assembled at their regular tables – June as usual reigned over her own and those adjacent, sharing stories about life before she’d settled for a husband and kids, before brain cancer had taken her right eye and left her grin lopsided. She’d... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 3, 2020

The horror story - cont'd...

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN'S REVENGE Yes, it well behooved little Meredith to be as invisible as possible because once this trial was over, once the lecherous bastard was set free – or as soon as he walked away from a slap-on-the-wrist sentence – she would see to it that her offender got his just desserts.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 2, 2020

A HORROR STORY FOR THE GREAT QUARANTINE

THE INVISIBLE WOMAN’S REVENGE Meredith attended the trial every day, taking a random seat near the back of the gallery. She signed in under a different pseudonym each session just in case some nosy parker was checking to see who attended. She had no intention of being questioned or photographed by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

Things are slow at the Main Street Center these days. No bingo. No pinochle. No kitchen angels chatting as they put together the snacks for the games, organize the home delivered meals deliveries. No need to brew a pot of coffee. Not many phone calls at the front desk, now that the bus no longer... Sign in to see full entry.

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