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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

WHY PINK PUSSY HATS

I was in 6th or 7th grade when little girls in pigtails turned from hopscotch and jumping rope to gossip as the sport of choice. We whispered amongst ourselves about any girl not just then in our midst – was she developing? Had the boys noticed her budding mounds? Did she really run as fast as she... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 25, 2019

THE WIFE

There’s a movie out now titled “The Wife” starring Glenn Close in the title role. But this little article is not about that wife. It’s about another, one who shows up at The Center on Tuesday mornings to select some bread from the day-old unsold items donated by Panera’s bakery/restaurant. This... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 24, 2019

NOT A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH

To fight off the colds and flu going around this time of year, wash your hands. Wash any time you're about to handle food. Wash after you take out the trash. Wash after using the toilet. If you're out and about, carry a small bottle of Purell and sanitize your hands after handling money, holding the... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 23, 2019

DON'T TELL MOM, TWO

Email from a writer who’d missed Thursday’s WYOS group that she heard at book club that our guy friend was absent. She wondered if we’d scared him off. Obviously I’m not the only one who found him abrasive. During Thursday’s discussion of things we hid from Mom, Bren wasn’t the only writer who used... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 22, 2019

DON'T TELL MOM

Thursday’s writing session worked. We had a lively discussion ahead of the write and great Q&A during the read. As usual I took contemporaneous notes so I would not forget the details before I got to my computer. I never used the word contemporaneous (or extemporaneous) to refer to note- taking... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Write Your Own Story

Got up at 5:30 this a.m. to type up the handout for today's WYOS session. I'm not feeling the class any longer, the bloom is off the rose, as they say. But as I stood at the east-facing kitchen window, drawing water for the coffee pot, I noticed the garage was awash in moonlight. Thanks to cloud... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

CONNECT ANYWAY

This is my newest little memo to myself: Connect anyway. Touch and be in the moment, hug your friends and kinfolk, listen and wait for their punch lines. Yes, there’s a risk. They could go away again, off to another place, or to that better place we all go in the end. Yes, you can find yourself... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

ILLEGAL, IMMORAL OR FATTENING

Sign of the times, when the Beatles, Elvis and so many others were in their heyday, "Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening." I was a mom in those days, but not so parenty that I couldn't get up on the dance floor on a Saturday night and 'twist again, like I did last summer.' They... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 18, 2019

SEATTLE ON MY MIND

Experiencing a heaping helping of self-pity this morning, thinking “if only” this and that, (especially an end to this cold, dark winter) would make it all hunky-dory. It’s Monday, a holiday, the streets are clear, no snow in today’s forecast, but I can't work up the gumption to get out and do...... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 17, 2019

NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD

In the 60s and 70s we lived in a historic neighborhood known as Leclaire. It had been established – the streets laid out, the sewer systems, electric service, etc. – in an area that had previously been orchards and farms adjacent to a factory known as the Wagner complex. Along about the 1890s they... Sign in to see full entry.

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