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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Monday, April 6, 2020

RECOMMENDED READING

If you are one who reads books on writing, I highly recommend "Writing Alone And With Others," by Pat Schneider. The front cover blurb reads "The guide that will beat the block, banish fear, and help create lasting work." Pat Schneider, when this book was published in 2003, was an adjunct professor... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Victory Gardens

On "Sunday Morning" CBS' programming earlier there was a feature about victory gardens. In the '40s everybody with yard space grew their own veggies. Of course in those days more people lived in the country or very small towns, and not so many in apartments, condos and big concreted cities. But... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 4, 2020

LESSON LEARNED

It was a typical Friday at the print shop. Joe, who ran the No. 1 offset press, stood alongside it, one eye on the pages slipping through the rollers and listening to Bill, who worked the next machine. Bill was talking loud to be heard over the sound of their machines. Everyone in the shop could... Sign in to see full entry.

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UPDATE: SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Got a msg from Lisa, the schoolteacher mentioned in the previous post. She says the school district distributed Chromebooks to the students for distance learning, and they are handing out two sack meals a day to students who had been getting them. She is such a dedicated teacher, loves her kids so... Sign in to see full entry.

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