Blast from the past - to be continued...
but not right now. Dealing with today, today. Just tell your loved ones you love them today. Tell them to let their light shine. We can't say it often enough. Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
Grandma Lucy: Part 2
When I started second grade – 1942 – I was six, turned seven that September. My little sister Rosalee was going on four, and baby brother Jim was two. Our dad was in the U.S. Navy, a gunner’s mate and at the time a Chief Petty Officer. We thought he was serving on the USS Saratoga, the military’s... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
BLAST FROM THE PAST
MY GRANDMA LUCY Last week the family history came to the present as I told my grandson a bit about my own grandmother, Lucy Amanda Edwards. Her lifespan stretched from the days of pioneer settlement to the post World War II era. She grew up in a deeply religious family – I remember hearing her tell... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, January 4, 2020
ABOUT THE FAKE NEWS ON FB, ETC.
It's one thing for friends to post a joke, some ridiculous thing that anyone with half and ounce of common sense can recognize. But the fake news these days, and for the last couple of years, has been planted by agents of sabotage. It is propaganda designed to turn us against one another. Some of... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 3, 2020
FAKES ON FACEBOOK
I noticed on FB earlier a repost by my nephew about the dark secrets of various American presidents. The title/headline contained an obvious grammar error which was pointed out by someone who commented. I commented that such errors are hallmarks of fake posts and websites put up by unfriendlies from... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
YESTERDAY'S NEWS???
TUMBLIN’ TUMBLEWEEDS 60-70 years ago there was a western band called The Sons of the Pioneers. One of their hits was a song called “Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds.” One line from the lyrics goes “I’ll keep rollin’ along, deep in my heart is a song, free on the range I belong, driftin’ along with the tumblin’... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
ONE NIGHT Conclusion...
Roscoe stood to one side as Fred entered. Wendie shut the door, bolted it shut behind him. Do you have a report, Friend? Roscoe transmitted. Yes, Sir. Mission accomplished. It will take years to reconnect, get all the alliances online again. You’ve won, Fred reported. Wendie smiled and bent to... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
ONE NIGHT...
Cont’d In spite of her uneasiness because of the overwhelming darkness, the failure of the com system, her sense of isolation, Wendie had to sleep. Roscoe, are you on? she thought. On it, came the return message. She stretched out on her bunk, pulled the down comforter up to her chin, curled onto... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 30, 2019
A STORY IDEA
ONE NIGHT No moon. The lights at the western horizon usually sent up a cone of brightness in the far distance, the intervening hills a silhouette against it. But tonight, which was moonless, all was completely dark. She’d been looking out the window as the sun set and the sky went from blue to... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 29, 2019
SHE’S BACK!
“Grandma Patch” has returned from a few days’ reunion with 4 generations of family at her daughter’s near Clearwater, Florida. Friday I walked on the white sand beach and watched my great granddaughters making sand castles, ate chowder at a local open-air sidewalk café, thought copying the... Sign in to see full entry.