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Friday, August 10, 2018

DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE "GIRLFRIENDS RULE" ?

Just discovered a newish cultural phenomenon. I call it the "Girlfriends Rule." The way it works is this: girlfriends gather somewhere, talk and decide what someone might have meant when he said this or did that. They go over a chance remark or an everyday event like a prime-time CSI team. They take... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 9, 2018

Blurbs and Bits

If you’ve been tempted to write about your family’s story but aren’t sure how to pull it all together, this program can help you bring the past onto the page. It features tips & tools, guided topics and helpful feedback. This blurb appeared in The Center’s August newsletter. It’s from a flyer I gave... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING (YEAH, LIKE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN)

POLITICAL AD SEASON, THE NEVER-ENDING STORIES This is not a partisan rant. Nor is it an ain’t-it-awful listing of grievances against a political party, official, or candidate. I’ll leave that to those who find that crap endlessly fascinating. What it is, it’s a plaintive little kitten mew about how... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

WALKING WOUNDED

Soldiers after a battle learn to walk or manipulate prosthetic limbs, work their way through a lifelong recovery. So do those who face the long walk with them. Sometimes there are no scars, but there is a horrific amount of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD). Assault victims, survivors of shocks and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 6, 2018

CHARACTER AND DIALOG as edited from WWZ

CHAPTER 9 - JOE ALVAREZ, IT COACH As a journalism major, Jake Campbell not only had to master techniques for collecting information and learn to use the reverse-pyramid writing style, there were IT and coding skills to master. Using cameras, TV production, direction: these were all within his grasp,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

THE POND

When I moved into this house in ’04, I especially loved the back deck and adjacent Koi pond with a busy waterfall. The pump kept it flowing, I skimmed the surface of fallen leaves and fed the fish every day, pulled weeds around it, culled the ivy that kept invading the landscape gravel, etc. After a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

ABOUT THE “NEWS”

I was watching CNN after I got bored with reruns and reality programming on the major networks. I noticed myself reading the crawl at the bottom of the screen. Reports of suicide bombings(in Afghanistan, I believe) toted up the damage to life and limb. There was an update on the Carr fire in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 3, 2018

THE DEBATE

Bob the bus driver has been posting some interesting political commentaries on FB. Now, Bob is one of the bus drivers for the senior center, and works the morning shift three days a week. He picks up folks at their home (or one of the homes for the elderly in our town) and gets them to the store, or... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

MAY I CALL YOU AGAIN?

I got a phone call on Monday from a woman my son Rich is seeing. She was his high school sweetheart when they were sixteen. Don’t remember why they ever broke up, but both married other people. Life went on. He’s been on his own for years. Her divorce was final a few months back and they’ve been... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

LAST DAY ON THE JOB

Tuesday was the plumber’s last day on the job at the medium security prison, a facility built into a former high school a fifteen-minute commute from his home. He’d taken the job somewhat reluctantly, but he’d finished the work on a new hospital three months earlier. He’d finished the little fixes... Sign in to see full entry.

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