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Thursday, July 11, 2019

I GOT NUTHIN’

Been tinkering in my mind this week for a name, a strong female name for the protagonist of a story I’m beginning. I’ve got the bones of the plot. Even a title for the story: “The Favor.” There’s a name circling high above the desert of my mind, floating on thermals, but I can’t bring it into focus,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

THE CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY

This metaphor from the Harry Potter series comes straight out of human experience. Some people – especially as children – feel they are unseen and unheard. They sit at the kitchen table where grownups are talking, their questions not only unanswered, but unheard. They frequently have little or no... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

CAUTION: ADULT TOPIC

ABOUT JEFFREY EPPSTEIN, ETC. Statistics show 1 out of 4 females in this country have been molested, assaulted or suffered ‘inappropriate behavior’ at the hands of a male – a dangerous uncle, the school bus driver, co-workers, etc. But the number of offenders who face arrest, incarceration or even... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 8, 2019

RECOMMENDED READING

My friend Helen was talking to me at The Center last Tuesday about a book she was reading by an emerging author who had made a big impression on her. Helen is the daughter of an immigrant family who came to this area from Mexico 70 or 80 years ago, a fierce advocate for children. She’s a tiny... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

ALUMINUM AND ALZHEIMER’S

When I married the first time my dear great aunt Elsie gave me a cooking set – a quart saucepan and a small frying pan made of cast aluminum. They were almost as weighty as cast iron, but they heated up faster. I don’t know whether I left them behind when I left the marriage, or if I still had the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

THE NEEDLE'S EYE

SOMETHING FROM THE STORY GROUP We were in one of those far-ranging discussions at The Center that day, no doubt it was something on politics, current events and the divergent mindsets of the haves versus the have-nots. One of us said something about the Biblical verse – that a rich man will find it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 5, 2019

PASSING PARADE

JULY 3RD Nodded to this guy as I was leaving the supermarket. He was lighting up a cigarette, something you don’t see much anymore. I jokingly told him it would stunt his growth. He grinned, blew out a puff and said they used to tell that very thing about coffee, but he’s never lost his fondness of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

When I got to the Center, 7:59 a.m., I parked in my spot for the first time in weeks. It bugs me to back out of a parking spot on any parking lot, so I always try to find a slot from which I can pull forward when ready to leave. So happy the parking lot resurfacing project is done, not just for my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

THE FOURTH OF JULY

I remember a 4th of July picnic when I was nine years old. We lived in eastern Washington’s desert country then, on the fringe of Kennewick, not far from Richland and Hanford and its atomic research facility. It was 1944, our “boys” were still overseas, there were posters on telephone poles and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Dictionary of Clichés

Now that I’ve finished the ‘final’ edit of Waltzing With Zombies I decided not to just drop it back into the file and go on to something else. It just may be time to find an agent and get it into the hands of a publisher, someone who will design the cover, distribute it to booksellers, send the... Sign in to see full entry.

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