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Thursday, November 7, 2019

NEWS FROM THE CENTER

TUESDAY Tuesday was my regular shift at The Center’s reception desk. It’s Bingo day, free bread day, and as it is every weekday, there’s the Home Delivered Meals program. For the Meals program, a volunteer picks up the lunches from a caterer – the local hospital or one of the local restaurants. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

COFFEE TALK – ACTIVE LISTENING

At The Center our group “Write Your Own Story” – has decided to take a hiatus during December (too busy with holiday prep) and January (iffy road conditions) and start up anew in February. When I notified Sara, director of the Main Street Center, she said she needed to find a replacement program for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019

LEARNING AND BEING

We had workbooks when I was in 3rd grade – “We Learn By Doing.” Anyone from my generation and perhaps the next remembers that early reading technique. “See Dick. See Jane. See Spot. See Spot run,” etc., etc. We practiced our alphabet on tablets specially lined to teach us the art of lettering, to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 2, 2019

WOOF!

For some reason a certain ad campaign from 50-60 years ago just came to my mind. Some fragment of a commercial in the background triggered the memory of a commercial for a Shakey’s Pizza parlor that used to operate in the north St. Louis suburbs. At the time it was an easy drive across the Lewis &... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 1, 2019

THE CURE

HUMP DAY DIDN’T DO IT I had residual grumps left over from Tuesday’s troubles at The Center, what with the boss in a pissed-off mood because the kitchen “angels” were up to their devilish disruptiveness and me kind of caught in the middle. It doesn’t happen often, thank heavens, and usually not to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

I AM A MOLE AND I LIVE IN A HOLE

That's a song title, believe it or not. Can't believe how crabby and cockleburrish I feel this morning. Don't wanna go to my writing group at The Center, don't wanna go pick up a Starbucks latte, don't wanna try to think up a writing topic. I just wanna go back to bed and pull the covers up over my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

ANGELS, KITCHEN & OTHERWISE

Well, things at The Center were “interesting” yesterday. It was the last Bingo day before Halloween – traditionally a costume party with a special lunch. One of our regulars – a favorite named Bea – who always wore an angel pin and collected angel décor items, had passed away nearly two years ago.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

FUN, FUN, FUN

I loved the Beach Boys songs back in the day. They were my background music and, like a lot of others, I was doing a bit of California dreamin’ even while I was a bit overwhelmed with the 9-5 job, 24-7 mom stuff, and realizing over my 5 minutes to myself at 5:00 a.m. that there was something else... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 28, 2019

SOCIAL MEDIA AS WEAPON

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Set up an online place where people can stay in touch, a place to post ‘letters home’ paragraphs or photos of the grandkids for family members who are hundreds of miles apart and can’t do the drop-in or weekend family potlucks. Facebook and other ‘free’... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 27, 2019

F Y I

LITHGOW RELEASES BOOK OF SATIRE John Lithgow has just released his satirical book titled “Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse.” It is all his own verses and illustrations. On a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert, not only did Mr. Lithgow perform a comic sketch as Rudy Giuliani, he... Sign in to see full entry.

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