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

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Sunday, March 8, 2020

THE BOSS

When the university’s personnel manager, Gene Nelson, was interviewing me for a secretarial job in the Physical Plant Department, he told me the boss of that department was “a bit of a character and a little rough around the edges." I asked what he meant by that. “Well, he’s got all the experience... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

DOES THE DEVIL ACTUALLY EXIST?

The Write Your Own Story group has morphed from a single-focus group to a multi-focus one. The discussions we have before and after the writing and sharing personal experiences are wide ranging. Current events, things that impact our daily lives are brought up. A week or so ago we got into a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, March 6, 2020

CORONA VIRUS SCAM ALERT:

NortonLifeLock notified me to be on the lookout for phishing attacks – emails that seem to come from the CDC Health Alert network. They carry fake "updated" info about local active infections. Any time an email from an unknown party – or even one that seems to come from someone you know - asks for... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 5, 2020

PREVIEWS OF COMING EVENTS

Today is Write Your Story day at The Center. Details to follow. VP Pence is flying to Seattle today to confer with health officials. News reports didn't say whether he's on Air Force 2 or if he's flying commercial. Anybody got a guess? Son Rich is confined to quarters with Infuenza Type A. Being... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

NEWS FROM "THE CENTER"

Friday night the Main Street Center held its annual trivia night fund raiser. Local merchants, people from the community, organizations, etc., donated prize baskets for the auction - everything from food & wine to gift cards, restaurant coupons, day trips & tickets to theatrical and concerts in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 2, 2020

Icicles

It was in the 60s, we had a lot of really cold (zero and minus) nights that winter. Leclaire lake froze over, 6” of solid ice and the green light at the pavilion was on. The park dept. looked out for our safety and kept the light red until it was safe to skate. We haven’t had a frozen over lake in... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 1, 2020

Cooking Lesson - and a warning

I saw an article on my Microsoft News Feed - 30 foods you shouldn't cook in your crockpot. One of them is chicken breasts (or roast chicken). I have been cooking chicken breasts with a commercial French onion soup mix for flavor - in spite of the fact it comes out tough - perfect for pulled chicken,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 29, 2020

HAPPY SADIE HAWKINS DAY!

EMAIL FROM ROSALEE My sis emails me from her idyll in Oregon from time to time. She’s the classy one, thoughtful, gracious, and sharply funny. I miss our high school days when we conducted a sometimes uncivilized sibling rivalry, complete with cross accusations that “mom likes you best.” We were... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 28, 2020

WRITE YOUR STORY GROUP @ THE CENTER

Only three of us showed up on Thursday for the writing session. Ebbie, JoAnn and me. (or should that be I?) I brought along the list of writing prompts from a few days ago. We discussed the idea of making a game of it – of ‘flash’ cards with prompts on them, or picking a number between one and forty... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 27, 2020

HORRIBLE IRONIC JOKE

There I was, sitting on the curb all dejected and blue, when a friend came along and said to me, "Cheer up. Things could be worse." So I cheered up. And sure enough, things got worse. Sign in to see full entry.

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