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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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Sunday, January 27, 2019

RED LIGHT - GREEN LIGHT

Back in the 70s when my kids were young, we used to have very cold winters, chill factors in the teens or at zero for a week at a time, which caused Leclaire Lake to freeze over. There was a light in the window of the storage room under the park’s gazebo. Red meant the ice was not safe, green meant... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 26, 2019

DELETING FOR SECURITY PURPOSES

Yesterday I spent an hour or so deleting some items I'd posted here from time to time, because suddenly this place is not so private any more. Someone new in my real life circle asked me about my Blogit experience. I have told any number of people about this site and the wonderful feedback I get... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

APOLOGY

“OH, BOY, AM I UGLY [i] … I messed up. Big time. I apologize for contributing to the confusion by posting my ill-informed two-cents-worth here on Blogit as well as on my FB timeline. We’re talking here about the kid in the Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat who seemed to be blocking the way and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

ROCK ‘N ROLL

“Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans. Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans.” (What the heck’s the next line?) “Do everything to hang onto your lovin’ man???” Who wrote this song? Who performed it? I don’t think it was “The Who.” Chubby Checker? Fats Domino?... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 21, 2019

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

Teachers I can see him in my mind’s eye, but time and age have erased the good professor’s name from memory. A frail-looking, white-haired gentleman, “Dr. Wise” walked slightly bent and with a limp, residual damage from a childhood bout with Polio. In class he described his time in an iron lung and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 20, 2019

MAGA HATS & GOOD TIMES

Big photo in yesterday’s news feed & on the networks showed a kid in a MAGA hat confronting a Native at an indigenous rally, shouting ‘build the wall.’ The white kid was grinning, clearly enjoying his bully boy behavior, supremely confident in his place in society, his right to disrespect others.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 18, 2019

RIP MARY OLIVER...

I learned yesterday that poet Mary Oliver has passed away at 83. She was my favorite contemporary poet a writer of lyric praise and celebration of life. Excerpt from her poem "The Return" 1. When I went back to the sea it wasn't waiting. Neither had it gone away. All its musics were safe and sound;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

I LOVE A MYSTERY

A few minutes ago I noticed a shared post on my FB timeline for a site called The Northern Light, complete with a cover page depicting Frederick Douglass and several other historic figures – a news and info site. It had been shared by an old Blogit friend of mine who used to post here under the name... Sign in to see full entry.

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