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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

FIRST SWEETHEART

It was the 6th grade at Kennewick Elementary, at a time when we mostly stayed in one classroom and learned all subjects from one teacher. There was the single file march to PE class in the gym, changing into our white gym shorts and tees, learning volleyball or the polka or standing in a big circle... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 12, 2020

GREAT AGAIN?

(The Year 2020) I walk barefoot through rough terrain; the cold has numbed the soles of my feet, I no longer feel the sharp stones, nor pay attention to red ooze tracing my steps. The road from misery to possibility goes on forever. There are no official signs, just hopeful gaps in the mountains,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

YARD SALE AT THE MAIN STREET CENTER

The two volunteers who tended to the Boutique pre-Covid shutdown, had been there all along, sorting donations, taking some clothes home to wash and iron, pricing the items, checking online for name brands of accessories, getting things on hangers and arranged as outfits. Sales in normal times... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

WHEELBARROW TO ANYWHERE

During my junior year in high school I was infected with “get the hell out of Dodge” syndrome. At 16, with no money in my pocket and seeing no way out of my situation – all I wanted to do was get out from under mother’s thumb, find a job and have my own money. And most of all, I didn’t want to be... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 5, 2020

The Blessings of Adversity

I think we have all had to overcome one kind of disadvantage or another - health issues, financial problems, lack of education, being outsiders, victimization, discrimination, even abuse. Back in the mid-80s when this grandma was a college student, I had one professor whose ability to motivate... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, October 4, 2020

TOMORROW THERE MAY BE FROST ON THE PUMPKIN

It is one of those dry, sunny October days that we think about long after the month has become a memory - crisp and with maybe a hint of barbecue smoke, or maybe someone's gone against the rules and decided to burn some fallen leaves. It was dark yesterday even at high noon, overcast and raining. A... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, October 3, 2020

TRIPPIN’ BACK IN TIME

When I graduated from Mossyrock High School in May of 1953, it was the smallest graduating class in years. There were eleven girls and eleven boys. It may surprise you to learn our football team won every game that year, always against larger schools. Of our eleven senior boys, one suffered from... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 2, 2020

SUPER YARD SALE TODAY AND TOMORROW!

THE MAIN STREET BOUTIQUE It’s a resale shop, set up in a 12 x 14 former storeroom at The Main Street Center. Shop volunteers take donated clothing and linens home, wash & iron and bring them back for sale. People donate accessories, picture frames, vases and other décor items, craft materials for... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 1, 2020

HALLOWEEN IN SALKUM - 1949

Masks came from Woolworth’s or some other dime store in those days, made of some kind of fabric and stiffened in a mold using starch of some kind. This was before the age of plastic. We didn’t have TV, very few super heroes to inspire us. Trick or treaters used makeup or wrapped their faces in torn... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

I VOTED - AND GOT A FREE PEN

The line was out the door and around the building by the time I got inside on the first day of early voting. As each vote is put into the tabulating machine it is numbered. I was #130 that morning, about an hour after the courthouse opened, and there were at least 75 or 80 folks behind me. Each... Sign in to see full entry.

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