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Saturday, February 17, 2018

PROPAGANDA

In the information age times ten – digitalized and coded and free as the air – it should not be a surprise to any of us that our adversaries have weaponized social media. Making each of us mad at everyone not in our specific tribe is basic divide-and- conquer propaganda. They keep doing it because... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 16, 2018

NEW KID, PLUS

Michelle sent me an email on Tues. evening that a new writer was interested in our Write Your Own Story class on Thursday. A guy; she said. My first reaction was Oh, bother! Just when we’re wrapping up our stories and author profiles. Not a good time to welcome a newbie… When I arrived at The Center... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

OMG!

I’m beginning to be a bit discouraged about the way things are going in this old world. Tempers are short, drivers jump out of their big ol’ pickup trucks to throw punches at other drivers, freaks with AR-15 semi-automatics are shooting up high schools. The president can’t prove deniability about... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

QUANTUM MIND

At The Center yesterday I picked up the March 2018 edition of “Discover” magazine. I seldom read the housekeeping and women’s issues in print, no longer have any desire to be the hostess with the mostess or find new ways to work the abs (in my case flabs). Even on those full-moon rainy days when... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

HYPOCHONDRIA

She was a hypochondriac. At fourteen I recognized all the symptoms. Thanks to mama’s constant complaints about headaches, back aches and neuralgia, dyspepsia, smoker’s cough, the governor’s desire to see all mothers on welfare reduced to prostitution, too much rain, not enough rain, the damn... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 12, 2018

NIGHT VISITOR

After yesterday’s plea for your assistance in coming up with a couple of B-words for the title of a story that’s teasing my fuzzy little brain, I realize this is a wait-for-it situation. I have a couple of Thesaurus (is the plural thesauri? Or thesauruses?) that work in different ways published in... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

STUCK! (THERE'S GOTTA BE A WORD THAT FITS…)

Have been trying to come up with a good title for a story I’m beginning to play with – perhaps a biographical novel about a small town girl’s attempt to overcome adversity and find happiness in a world where the cards seem stacked against it. It begins with the Native American – perhaps Salish tribe... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

NIGHT WATCH

First thing each morning after the mandatory stop at the bathroom I make coffee. The kitchen sink sits below a window that looks out over the deck, the garage and beyond the fence to the roofs of the apartment complex below. Sometimes, as I measure the coffee and run water into the brewer, I see... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 9, 2018

BEST AGITATOR SINCE MAYTAG

There are people who stir things up, who play all those nasty games Eric Berne wrote about in his book “Games People Play.” One of them is “gotcha” or in the more serious version, “Now I’ve gotcha you son of a bitch!” You see the manipulation games get off to a good start along about the seventh... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Writer's Profile

Today’s writing task is to compose your own writer’s bio of between 50 and 100 words, a brief profile such as the ones that appear on book jackets. These profiles usually include the writer’s name or pseudonym, birthplace and date, educational/experience highlights, and current status. For example:... Sign in to see full entry.

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