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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

WRITE YOUR OWN STORY

At last weeks’ WYOS gathering, I handed out an advance assignment for this coming Thursday’s session. The assignment was to find a photo in an old album and write about the setting, the time it was taken, the people in the picture. Or to write a page or so of some long-ago day, compared to how... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

GOOD NEWS! REALLY GREAT NEWS.

Yesterday I got a call that the needle biopsy results have come back - my DIL's breast lump is benign! Really - for a few days there, we were holding our breath. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 5, 2019

SECOND AMENDMENT NEEDS SECOND LOOK

I know lots of people who own guns. They’re hunters, they feel the need for extra protection because of the hours or locations where they work, they enjoy target shooting. In our state concealed carry is permitted. Seems to me the problem of mass shootings is not with the 2nd Amendment. I agree with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

CHICKEN OR THE EGG?

The ads are on TV for Eggland’s Best brand eggs, and I’ve been buying them for as long as I can remember. I look for them to be on sale, of course. I weigh the relative cost per dozen of the extra-large vs the large to decide which is the best value. But for some time it’s been nibbling at my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

THE ELEVATOR PROJECT

St. B’s parish is celebrating its 150th Anniversary this year. I’ve often enjoyed watching the world’s most polite traffic jam as folks arrived at 7:30 on weekday mornings, dropping their K-8th Grade kids off at the school. Also loved seeing the little ones at the day care when they come out to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 2, 2019

DAY IN THE LIFE

On Tuesday morning I got an odd phone call at The Center’s front desk. The lady on the phone (Anne) said she was calling to say thank you. Thank you for being there, she said. I can always find someone at the Community Center to help me figure out a problem. I said that was good to know. But did she... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

COLLUSION – IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK

The legal definition of libel, as I remember it from Journalism class, is that one writes down something negative about another one and it is seen by a third party. This usually means something is published in a public forum, but not always. If the person named feels he’s been harmed by this, he can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

It turns out the A/C guy who brought the cool on Monday had a name I’d never heard before: “Kytel.” When he said it I thought of the actor Harvey Keitel, and that’s the little key that helped me remember it in spite of poor short-term memory. You see lots of original and unusual names on cashiers in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

THE AC REPAIRMAN

There’s a local company here in beautiful boring Mundane that’s run by a family. They’ve been in business since the ‘80s and most of their employees are family. They’re in the heating and air conditioning – HVAC – business. The skills involved include electrician, plumber, carpenter, fix-it – all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 29, 2019

SENIORS GET DEPRESSED

Well, duh! I heard on NPR some expert do-gooder is studying the increase in suicides among the elderly. For a long time the focus has been on children, veterans with PTSD, addicted persons, the mentally ill. I guess they finally ran out of categories and got around to looking at the elderly, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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