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Saturday, September 21, 2019

THURSDAY WRITERS

There were only five of us at the session. Our memoir topic was the music of our lives, while the fiction was a mystery plot based on a rookie cop’s assignment to keep an eye on her suspicious upstairs neighbor. Victoria wrote about her father and pianos. He had trouble reading music, but could play... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 20, 2019

Some Assembly Required

These days ya can’t just grab the purse and keys and head for the car. You’ve gotta put yourself together or risk exposing the public to the basic remainder of the equation that is you. It used to be the toothbrush, hairbrush, a dash of lipstick, and go. Today, before I can leave the house, we have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

SOMETHING FROM TIME IN SEATTLE – 2001

A PIECE OF THE SKY Blackbird loves shiny things, believes they are bits of sky and so picks up dimes, spoons, tinfoil bits. Her intent is to give them back to the sky, but she has not yet learned to fly high enough, so she keeps them safely in her nest. Blackbird observes the human walking on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

GRINNIN’ TO COUNTRY MUSIC

For the past week or so I’ve been looking myself in the mirror and asking that old gal “what’s the freakin’ point?” My nega self tells me I could jump off a bridge and nobody would even notice. My old clothes suit me just fine. No need to shop. I can make coffee at home. Why go out? If I go to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

August 2003, plh

STAR DATE They said there would be shooting stars tonight and Mars would burn amber above the east horizon closer than he’s been for sixty thousand years. He approaches like a hopeful Latin boy who left his companeros to cross the galaxy’s wide dance floor to woo the evening star who caught his eye.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 16, 2019

BOOK REVIEW

TALKING TO STRANGERS Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Talking to Strangers is fascinating and thought provoking. His non-fiction is way more interesting than the most intricate detective fiction. Once he has explained what he’s found, arrived at his conclusion based on solid facts, it becomes clear that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

HOARDING 101

TIME TO GET OFF THE DIME AND ORGANIZE THIS PLACE A friend at The Center gave me a couple shopping bags full of yarn that had been in her storage facility for some time. Her daughter or sister had been a collector of yarns and a devoted creator of Granny Squares. One entire bag full of assorted yarns... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 14, 2019

TALKING TO STRANGERS...

Malcolm Gladwell has a new book out. It just came out two days ago. The title is Talking to Strangers. It’s a study of communicating, how we don’t always hear what the other person thinks they said, how dangerous it can be to trust that what someone we don’t know is up to. There are con artists, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 13, 2019

SIGNS OF FALL:

THE DEBATES: Gee, sorry fellow Blogiteers, but I missed them. Also missed the endless analysis afterward. For some reason I fell asleep halfway through a rerun of “Young Sheldon.” Now I’m totally uninformed about winners, losers and also-rans. Also missed all the news & analysis of DC doings – who’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Found while sorting the wheat from the chaff

POLITICALLY INCORRECT CAT I have this kitten, or rather, she has me and although she is pretty as kittens go, and affectionate to a fault, she bugs me. She thinks she owns my lap, wants to play my cards, read my paper, sip my tea, lick my plate and attacks the cords to the VCR. She drives me crazy... Sign in to see full entry.

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