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Thursday, June 21, 2018

MYSTERY ON BRICK STREET

Yesterday something weird happened that’s still got me wondering. I was dragging my empty recycling bin back from the curb when out of the corner of my eye I saw a white plastic baggie dangling on a cord from the upstairs window in the house next door. What caught my eye was the movement as it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

MY COUSIN RICHIE

or ONCE UPON A CARWASH I was seventeen, new graduate from MHS, got a job in Seattle, and Mom set it up for me to board with her cousin Hazel’s family. She and her husband Michael had three kids, Mike Jr. 18, Richie 15 and 6-year-old Johnnie Huckleberry. Mike Jr. was into cars and drag racing and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

TOUGH DAY

You have no idea how much harder it is to skip my morning blog that it is to write one. Still reading y'all, though. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 18, 2018

TAKING A BREAK

Maybe I'll be back in a few. Right now I'm feeling un inspired. Peace to all persons of good will. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

HAPPY FATHERS’ DAY

I’m not going to write about my own father. He wasn’t in my life when I was a kid, or ever for that matter. But I’ve done some fact-checking and come to a resolution about the why and how of that. It’s no longer an issue for me. About time, since I was 80 before I let it go. I’ve seen and known so... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 16, 2018

A little poem from yesterday

POINT OF VIEW A housewife sweeping her porch saw a girl with a backpack walking by. She thought how nice to be so unfettered and free. A girl, walking away saw a woman sweeping her porch. She thought how nice to be so settled and safe. Plh 6-15-2018 Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 15, 2018

ABOUT SADISTIC GRAMMARIANS

THURSDAY - THE CENTER So yesterday a new couple showed up at the Write Your Own Story session: Ray and Gloria. They’d been invited by Sandy and I could see they were feeling a bit tentative. But they had brought yellow legal tablets and pens – so they were more prepared than many first-timers who... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

FREE BREAD – AND GERMS

Tuesdays were my mornings at The Main Street Center’s front desk. My job included greeting people, reminding them to sign in, and if they had questions, either answering them or sending them on to Sara – the director – or Michelle, who manages the meals on wheels program. Other volunteers on hand... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

THE RULE OF THREES

Monday morning I was in an unusually good mood, even for a Monday. I’d taken my 14-year-old Corolla to the repair shop because the check engine light was on, and the diagnostic said it was an emissions blip, probably caused by the heat and humidity and I had maybe not tightened my gas cap enough.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

NOODLING ON ANOTHER STORY IDEA

THE WELFARE QUEEN’S DAUGHTER Since I’ve been working with the Write Your Own Story program at the Main Street Center I’ve been thinking along the lines of pulling the writings together as a memoir. There are true stories of triumph over adversity, human, relatable. For instance: As a member of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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