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Sunday, July 28, 2019

WEATHER OR NOT

MY AC WENT OUT YESTERDAY I noticed it at 4:00 p.m. I looked at the thermostat, it said 80. The fan from the AC unit was blowing warm air. Too late in the day to call the HVAC contractor – weekends are double-time. Cooled off to 71 over- night – I’ve got a fan blowing air through the screen door to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

WHAT'S ON MY MIND TODAY?

REINSTATEMENT OF THE DEATH PENALTY I’ve never been comfortable with the death penalty. There’s always a chance the guilty verdict was wrong. But it looks like the head honchos at the DOJ are going to execute Federal prisoners again – murderers mostly, serial killers, those who killed children. My... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 26, 2019

WRITE YOUR STORY?

The writers gathered around 9:30. There was coffee. The weather was mild. We were once again in “our” cozy room. None of us were in the mood to write. There were no newbies, no guest writers. Just us. So we decided to skip the write and just go into discussion mode. Following is a recap of the “hot... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 25, 2019

HAPPY WEDNESDAY...

Worked at The Center on Tuesday, beautiful mild day after a rainy Monday to end all Mondays – we had 5” of rain in a four-hour period, there were flash floods in the area, but I did get out of the house for a necessary trip to the grocery store after being trapped inside by the heat since Thursday.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

WOMAN'S WORK

RPresta’s post this morning about Marion Carpenter, the first female reporter to cover the White House (during Harry Truman’s administration) reminded me of some ‘good old days’ of my own. Ms. Carpenter was a woman in a man’s job and a prestigious man’s job at that – as WWII was ending and the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

SUCK IT UP, BUTTERCUP

I’ve been stuck in the house, except for brief excursions to Walgreen’s or the grocery store, since Thursday. With a heat index of 100 plus, it was not worth risking heat exhaustion to go window shopping or mess around with yard work. In these few days, thanks to having stocked up on a variety of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 22, 2019

The Party Doesn't Always Live Up to Expectations

On Tuesday Sara told me the auditors would be coming on Thursday at The Center, and they would need to take over the conference room where we usually hold our Write Your Own Story sessions. They needed privacy and a door they could lock. I thought it would be okay – with no other morning programs... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 21, 2019

LIBERTY & JUSTICE FOR ALL

Last week the focus of the news was on a presidential campaign rally, the chief executive’s latest obscene political stunt that involved attacks on ‘the squad’ four young minority female members of Congress. He blathers ‘they’ are not like ‘us.’ He growls ‘they’ should go back where they came from.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 20, 2019

MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER, DON’T MAKE ME A MATCH

Despite the best of intentions, even the most sensible among us will make the mistake of interfering with fate. We’ll introduce one solitary individual to another, thinking they’d be good together, or at least one of them would help the other get over a recent breakup. Something like that. I never... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 19, 2019

FROM THURSDAY'S WRITING SESSION

DON’T KISS THAT FROG! George the Obstinate was a knight in service to Queen Millicent of the magical kingdom known as LandNextDoor, but he didn’t always follow royal orders to her majesty’s satisfaction. Sometimes he’d decide to take a break just when she needed a task performed immediately.... Sign in to see full entry.

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