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Sunday, August 25, 2019

MOLLY IVINS ON CANCER THERAPY AND GUN CONTROL

Mary Tyler " Molly " Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, political commentator and humorist. Born in California and raised in Texas. Ivins used irony and satirical humor to make a very serious point. Wikipedia has an extensive bio of this writer,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

ON A LIGHTER NOTE:

SUMMER FRUIT Mama bear has first claim on blackberries ripened wild in Salkum valley. We maintain a safe distance, laughing at the antics of her cubs. Our mother’s jelly making may wait a day. Sign in to see full entry.

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Opinion piece

I am compelled to say this, because the situation is becoming hazardous: DJT talks the talk. Doesn’t walk the walk. And now his sycophant senators bow and scrape to his very shadow. They bend their so-called principles, they sell out their constituents to the almighty dollar, the gun lobby, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 23, 2019

TALKING TO MYSELF... OR AM I?

In 1950 we lived in Salkum. If you were to look for that small town on today’s Google map, you’d see that it’s still about the same size now that it was then, approximately 80 families lived there. In those days, while folks in big cities like Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia had TV stations, the signals... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

THE NO. 1 SONG FROM THE YEAR 1900

We can’t turn on the news these days without seeing the president, sometimes with his young and lovely wife in tow, disembarking from a chopper or making a ceremonial appearance when distinguished guests arrive at the White House. For some reason as I watched her walking just slightly behind the old... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

TUESDAY AT THE CENTER: UNEXPECTED LOSS

It’s hard to maintain a good attitude these days when everywhere you turn is dark, threatening, and much of what you hear is instantly recognizable as heartlessly untrue. The one place where I’ve found the most “real,” where thoughtful listening is the custom and mutual support is always forthcoming... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

BONUS GRANDMA…

At some point 30 or 40 years ago there was a little girl whose mother married into the family, – a darling child with a million questions who called me her bonus grandma. The phrase stuck, and I’ve been bonus grandma to any number of kids since then, including some I meet in the aisles of Wally... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 19, 2019

HEADLINE NEWS: A CURMUDGEON’S VIEW

I hate it all. Teaser blurbs. To be continued after the break. Opinions about what is going to happen, (aka conjecture) and why so and so is doing what stupid thing now, that is consistent with a) past deceptions and mistakes or 2) suspected subversive intentions… It’s all like the trashy Hollywood... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

SOMETHING FROM ‘NOTHING’

When I crochet a pot-holder out of thick cotton yarn, I make a square roughly 6-8” in size. When I was a kid mom always fixed the ones she made out of quilt scraps with a bone ring at one corner, so it could be hung on a hook, handy to the stove. These days the notions counter has these rings made... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

MISS KITTY – (not the one from “Gunsmoke.”)

It was Christmas shopping season, that time of year when night falls early. Fang and the boys were staying home. It was a rare mother-daughter outing. I was driving up the long hill along divided highway about a mile outside of town, headed for the K-Mart in Wood River (we didn’t have one in... Sign in to see full entry.

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