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Monday, December 9, 2019

WRITERS’ BLOCK

Or, the joys of getting older... I seem to have come up against a wall –a blank chalkboard that mocks me. Or maybe it’s not a blackboard but psychic force laughing as I stand there chalk in hand, all systems stopped. I got nuthin’. At my age – in fact for as long as I can remember – there have been... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, December 7, 2019

INTERESTING COINCIDENCE???

Last night on the news one of the lead items was a story about some of the area grocery stores being targeted by a counterfeiter -- spanking new $100 bills, just like the ones my 'over the road trucker' was spending. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 6, 2019

“TALKING TO STRANGERS”

Think you know how to tell if someone you just met is telling you the truth or not? Maybe you do, but it’s more than likely not, according to Malcolm Gladwell’s new book. I’ve been reading his research into of some of the greatest scams in history – including Bernie Madoff’s ripoff of some of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION OR A POUND OF CURE

I was very disturbed earlier this morning when I read an article in the local paper about a preacher showing up at the central quad of the university on Wednesday afternoons and attacking particular students with hate speech. The speaker – I won’t define him as a minister of God – is Tom Rayborn,... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

NOT AS EASY AS IT LOOKS

For some reason as I was walking into the kitchen to make the morning pot of coffee, I thought it’s not easy being a butterfly in this life. It was dark out there, I could see the cars in the parking lot next to the apartment complex frosted over under the street light. ‘Tis the season for Rudolf... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, December 2, 2019

A CROWN OF STARS

It’s been awhile since I’ve thought about my Grandma Lucy’s stories. When I was in grade school Grandma would baby us kids at times while mother was at work. Grandma used to read stories to us from a book put out by her church, the Seventh Day Adventists, called “Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories.” She... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, December 1, 2019

PIONEER DAYS

Mama used to tell about the last winter the Bert & Lucy Savage family spent on the homestead they were proving up in North Dakota. This was in the early 1900’s. Margaret was about five or six, closely followed in age by Mae and Ella. Their sister Ferna was a toddler, and baby brother Roy was either... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, November 30, 2019

LIGHT POLLUTION

My neighbors one leapfrog south on Old Brick Street have a tent pavilion in their back yard with picnic tables beneath it, a gas grill nearby. It is festooned with party lights. Friends and their grown children gather there in good weather for food, drinks and fun. It’s nice to see a young family at... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, November 29, 2019

JANE RUSSELL, MARILYN MONROE, or...

Chances are, if you’re old enough to remember these Hollywood beauties, you were dating and going to movies during the ‘50s and ‘60s, perhaps even reading the fan magazines. Girls I knew in school read True Story and True Romance, which were compilations of dramatic fodder designed to appeal to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

INTO THE WILD?

Last Thursday’s Write Your Story gathering was the last one this year – we’re taking a break during the busy holiday season and hoping to avoid the worst of winter’s driving by not taking up again until the first Thursday in February. Victoria’s story was more fanciful than most of her stories have... Sign in to see full entry.

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