Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Wednesday, April 24, 2019

OVERHEARD: TUESDAY AT THE CENTER

Bill: Did you hear about what happened at Emmanuel church on Friday? Joe: You mean the fight? Bill: Yeah. Joe: I heard they had to call the cops because two couples got into fistfights. Bill: That’s true. Weird, huh? The church puts free food on the table and the idiots bring their crap right into... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

ONLY A GAME: KLONDIKE ON THE COMPUTER

SOLITAIRE The game works to keep the outer level of attention occupied with ‘nothing’ while the inner self traces memories or comes up with random thoughts, plot lines, character studies or the answers to old puzzles. I’m looking at the screen – thinking about the numbers. How comforting it must be... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 22, 2019

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED…

It’s not just here in the good old USA. I just heard a news report on NPR that a comedian in the Ukraine who played the role of the president in a TV show was elected to that office for real. He won by a landslide over the serving president, even though he has no experience or training in public... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 21, 2019

NOSTALGIA

2ND GRADER’S JOKE FROM WAY BACK WHEN Q. If there were two little moles and they went down two little holes if you looked quick, what would you see? A. Molasses. Happy Easter. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 20, 2019

THE MARCH OF TIME

JOHN WAYNE, CURSIVE WRITING AND CLOCKS A few years back my daughter-in-law taught English comp at a nearby high school. Many of her students hated having to learn and use the rules of grammar and punctuation, but she was the mother of teen-agers, and by the time they completed Mellie’s class, they... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 19, 2019

THURSDAY AT THE CENTER

Thursday was the Write Your Own Story group’s long-anticipated get together with guest writers from the CAC After School program in East St. Louis. Father Matt of the CAC had been playing phone tag and exchanging emails with Sandy of our group. We nailed down the date – the first day of... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 18, 2019

FAMILY LEGEND

Around the time the Civil War ended in 1860-something, there was a family living in Missouri whose two sons, Frank and Jesse, had volunteered for the Confederate militia and took to a life of crime after Union soldiers attacked the family farm. As retaliation, the James brothers began a storied... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

STILL, IT'S NICE TO FEEL NECESSARY...

WAZZUP? IS IT A FULL MOON? Yesterday at The Center there was intermittent chaos; The phone brought odd questions, misremembrances and confusion. One lady called The Center to complain the assisted care center where she lives will not send its bus to the community center and she doesn’t know anyone... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

TWO SHORT SUBJECTS

FOLLOW-UP TO CHANCE’S STORY When we had a farewell party for Klaus in the Humanities and Social Sciences conferences room, he asked us not to share with other faculty the fact that he was going to Arizona to stay with a friend and make sure Chance had a good home – and in a few weeks, into hospice.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 15, 2019

CHANCE

Hi! My name is Chance. I’m a Springer Spaniel and I live in Seattle with my human, a college professor named Klaus. He’s an old guy, and sad sometimes. My job is to cheer him up. He’s got something they call a job that takes him away for part of each day. He teaches English comp and creative... Sign in to see full entry.

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