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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

LUNCH RUSH

Ordinarily I don’t get very hungry between breakfast at sevenish and noon, when my morning shift ends at the Main Street Center’s reception desk. But yesterday around 11:00, when lunch is served there, I began to think about that cheese-broccoli soup they serve at Panera’s. What could be better on a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

See also yesterday's comments...

TEACHERISH My kids used to tell me I shoulda been a teacher. Mostly this was not a compliment, but a bitter complaint about my hovering over them and ‘momsplaining’ their lessons, using phrases like, “when I was in school we did thus and so.” Now, I’m a halfway decent writer – some of my stories... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 4, 2019

COMPOSITION 101

IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT In the lightning flash he saw a shadow at the window. Thunder shook the house, fear clutched at his gut. Who was out there? He froze in place, afraid to go closer, look the intruder in the face, afraid to run. Where could he hide? Another lightning flash, the shadow... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 3, 2019

GRANNY GRAMMAR

Most people who hate writing have been stung by the grammar bee, caught up by the short hairs by a cold-hearted, demanding old biddy of an English teacher. (old biddies can be guys, too, ya know.) It is enough to make us want to run screaming out into traffic when some instructor marks down our... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 2, 2019

WORKING ON A NEW STORY…

PLUGS It seems this New York real estate mogul went to Moscow on a top secret mission. The cover story was that he was interested in building a fancy hotel in that city. But in truth he had something else in mind. To ensure his own privacy, he hired an actor to double for him, to be seen checking in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 1, 2019

LIFESTYLES OF THE FAMOUS

SEATTLE, WA. Summer, 1953 After graduation from MHS, I got a job at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company’s headquarters in Seattle. As my first step away from Salkum and my schoolgirl days, Mom arranged for me to board with her cousin Hazel and her family in the Beacon Hill neighborhood. We were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

SEMPER FI

A tall man wearing a baseball cap with the U.S. Marine insignia came into The Center on Tuesday to meet with Michelle. Since I have a grandson in the Corps, I asked about his service. Turns out he was a Korean war vet, a Lieutenant when he mustered out. At 85 years of age, he looked no more than 60,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

WEATHER RELATED?

A 102-year-old man was killed in a house fire in St. Louis yesterday, apparently when the welder he was using backfired or blew up due to the extreme low temperatures. Channel 4’s eye in the sky got video footage of the burned out shell of the garage/workshop. Other video showed two passers-by who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

THIS 'N THAT

Feeling cooped up and sorry for myself, the big chill has taken over - flags on the poles in St. B's school yard/parking lot are standing straight out from a north wind with teeth in it. Yesterday for a while we had some of Ceil's sideways snow buzzing about, but apparently never sticking to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 28, 2019

Q: HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING?

A. ABOUT 40 YEARS. Yesterday the phone rings. Caller ID tells me it’s a former workmate who’s long- since moved to Florida. She was cleaning out some clutter and came across my contact info and decided to see if it was still good. It was. There was a lot of catching up on the whereabouts of former... Sign in to see full entry.

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