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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

IT'S JUST A PIECE OF STRING

I retired from SIUe in October of ’93. One of my workmates was an office administrator, a woman named Mickey. She was a rule follower, a woman who believed policies were not mere guidelines, but commandments. She saved string – a lot of packages that came through campus mail were tied with string in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 23, 2019

SOMETHING ELSE TO THINK ABOUT

SUNSET AFTER A RAIN A shimmering crystal droplet clings to an emerald leaf dispersing the colors of the dying sun, a jewel poised to leap into the welcoming pool. This ballerina of light dallies on a liquid thread finer than a spider's, before plunging to meet the self mirrored below. She spreads,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 22, 2019

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VISIT

This weekend my daughter’s been here from Florida to celebrate my 84th birthday – which will be in a few days. She treated me and her brothers to a lovely dinner at a local chop house. We spent quite a bit of time looking at photo albums and reminiscing about our growing up times, re-telling some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 21, 2019

THURSDAY WRITERS

There were only five of us at the session. Our memoir topic was the music of our lives, while the fiction was a mystery plot based on a rookie cop’s assignment to keep an eye on her suspicious upstairs neighbor. Victoria wrote about her father and pianos. He had trouble reading music, but could play... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 20, 2019

Some Assembly Required

These days ya can’t just grab the purse and keys and head for the car. You’ve gotta put yourself together or risk exposing the public to the basic remainder of the equation that is you. It used to be the toothbrush, hairbrush, a dash of lipstick, and go. Today, before I can leave the house, we have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

SOMETHING FROM TIME IN SEATTLE – 2001

A PIECE OF THE SKY Blackbird loves shiny things, believes they are bits of sky and so picks up dimes, spoons, tinfoil bits. Her intent is to give them back to the sky, but she has not yet learned to fly high enough, so she keeps them safely in her nest. Blackbird observes the human walking on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

GRINNIN’ TO COUNTRY MUSIC

For the past week or so I’ve been looking myself in the mirror and asking that old gal “what’s the freakin’ point?” My nega self tells me I could jump off a bridge and nobody would even notice. My old clothes suit me just fine. No need to shop. I can make coffee at home. Why go out? If I go to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

August 2003, plh

STAR DATE They said there would be shooting stars tonight and Mars would burn amber above the east horizon closer than he’s been for sixty thousand years. He approaches like a hopeful Latin boy who left his companeros to cross the galaxy’s wide dance floor to woo the evening star who caught his eye.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 16, 2019

BOOK REVIEW

TALKING TO STRANGERS Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Talking to Strangers is fascinating and thought provoking. His non-fiction is way more interesting than the most intricate detective fiction. Once he has explained what he’s found, arrived at his conclusion based on solid facts, it becomes clear that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 15, 2019

HOARDING 101

TIME TO GET OFF THE DIME AND ORGANIZE THIS PLACE A friend at The Center gave me a couple shopping bags full of yarn that had been in her storage facility for some time. Her daughter or sister had been a collector of yarns and a devoted creator of Granny Squares. One entire bag full of assorted yarns... Sign in to see full entry.

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