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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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Monday, July 1, 2019

FIRST SWEETHEART

It was the 6th grade at Kennewick Elementary, at a time when we mostly stayed in one classroom and learned all subjects from one teacher. There was the single file march to PE class in the gym, changing into our white gym shorts and blouses, learning volleyball or the polka or standing in a big... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 30, 2019

PROFESSIONAL HELP - My favorite character in Waltzing With ...

On Thursday afternoon applicants for the graphics job showed up at A-Games. The first was young, cocky and barely out of high school. He didn’t bring any examples and seemed to assume the ideas he pulled out of the air were so impressive Joe would roll out the red carpet. He was dumfounded when Joe... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 29, 2019

ASK YOUR DOCTOR

I've been noticing a lot of ads on TV for meds. Prescription only meds. Something for anything that ails you. Nervous? Depressed? Skin problems? Headaches? Back Pain?There's a med for that. Ask your doctor if... and then as a throw away line or in the fine print, they mention there may be side... Sign in to see full entry.

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