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Saturday, February 8, 2020

FEBRUARY: THE BASEMENT

It was a year very much like this year; winter dragged along, one cold gray day after another, endless boring days when it was too wet and miserable for the kids to go outside. They spent their weekends bickering over nothing, throwing a ball around the living room and lying about how the lamp got... Sign in to see full entry.

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THE WHISTLEBLOWER'S LAMENT

Four and twenty blackbirds in an impeach pie noticed plots unfolding, witnessed every lie. When the pie was finished, the birds began to sing: He says revenge is only mine, for I am like your king. And what he wants is what he'll have, thus we will pay the price Because he's way above the law and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 7, 2020

AULD ACQUAINTANCE REMEMBERED

We usually sing “Auld Lang Syne” as part of our New Year’s Eve celebrations but yesterday would have been my former husband’s 82nd birthday. I’ve been thinking about our time together and what he meant to all of us. It’s mostly a fond memory. Our divorce and his subsequent 20 year marriage to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 6, 2020

HUNKS

During a short break in the chaos on Tuesday, as I carried While You Were Out notices to the girls in the back room because I had no idea what extension number they answered, I came upon a conversation in progress. The girls at The Center were talking about the upcoming Academy Awards and which... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

CHAOS AT THE CENTER

It was anything but a typical Tuesday at The Center yesterday. The boss was gone as the required host a bus excursion to Chattanooga, Tennessee and Key West. The place has been chaotic lately. In fact it’s been a Keystone Kops situation. Things, they are a-changing. Two weeks ago the computer at the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 3, 2020

A PRINTER'S PREDICTION

Adams Printing Co. on Broadway had been established by Homer’s father before him. By mid-1959 when I took a job as a press operator, they’d added offset technology to antique standard letterpress systems that used lead type set in wooden frames. These were taken apart after a print run and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 2, 2020

WHO'S THERE?

Mother stopped in last night, her usual dissatisfied self. As always I had the urge to take a hike in the woods, to get the hell away from her critical tone and the fact that she was taking out her fears and frustrations on me. Funny how some things never change. I didn’t even know who or what she... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 1, 2020

THE KITCHEN "ANGEL" STRIKES AGAIN

I know I’ve whined about JoAnn all too often here on Blogit. To refresh your recall – she’s the former Kitchen “Angel” who got fired from the Main Street Center’s volunteer staff for her bitchy ways. She continues to haunt the place, sits in with the real volunteers on Tuesday and Friday mornings as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 30, 2020

MARY OLIVER, WHERE ARE YOU?

Today’s one of those days we need one of Mary Oliver’s inspirational poems about a walk through nature, the sense of bliss that comes with being one with the universe. We need to be reminded of bird songs, a faint breeze that carries the scent of flowers in bloom, the sound of water bubbling over... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

NEWS REPORTING 101

RULE 1: LISTEN (1979-80) At this time “Fang” agreed with my desire to take a leave of absence from my full time job at the university and work 20 hours a week for a local newspaper as a beat and assignment reporter. At the time I was pursuing a bachelor’s degree in English/writing and hoped it would... Sign in to see full entry.

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