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Thursday, May 10, 2018

COME-UPPANCE - (warning, adult subject matter)

I don’t like bullies, never did. Had some experience with being the target of violent bullying at more than one phase in my life. When I was 12 Mom bugged out of our home town where we had kith and kin to take refuge in a remote location at the ass-end of the world. My sibs and I ended up running... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

OLD SONG THAT CAME TO MIND

"Let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with you. Let me hear you whisper that you love me too. Keep that love light glowing in your eyes so true. Let me call you sweetheart, I'm in love with you." I believe this is from the 1920s, it was a pop song on the radio in mom's kitchen. It was sung by a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

THREE-POINT DADS

Some men make better dads than others. While I was working at a post-retirement job at Seattle Central College (1994-2003) I got to know all the faculty in the Humanities/Social Sciences division. I was an office assistant. My job was to order textbooks for the faculty, keep track of applicant... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 7, 2018

BUREAUCRATS AS CANNIBALS

Once upon a time in the late 80s my career changed beneath my feet. In their ever evolving “improvements” to the bureaucratic merry-go-round, the high mucky-mucks decided our geography-based cartography and economic development group should merge with the outreach group from the school’s public... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 6, 2018

PITY THE PRESIDENT’S WIFE

At least the exes are free of daily contact, but the poor First Lady has to appear in public with him, let him hold her hand, hold her head high and appear cool and above-it-all in the face of blatant, ongoing insults by the louse in chief. I imagine she’s banned all TV news from her quarters, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 5, 2018

SERIAL KILLERS AND INSUFFICIENCIES

Ya gotta know a guy who raped 50+ women and made a career out of bashing people to death had a grudge against not just women, but humanity. I’ve been following the story of this 72-year-old ex-cop J.J. Deangelo, prime suspect in the case of “The Golden State Killer” crime spree that terrorized folks... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 4, 2018

Spring Fever, a definition.

Spring fever is the condition that occurs when the iron in the blood turns to lead and settles to the bottom. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED….

Some of us tried the limerick format at today’s Write Your Own Story session. Others focused on the first love/first crush, whether or not it was their soulmate story. For some reason, the format of the limerick was problematic for some. They wanted to do three couplets, or change the beat/rhythm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

LIMERICKS

Do you like limericks? I don’t think any writing instructor I ever knew thinks the silly things are poetry, even though they have rhyme and rhythm and tell a bit of a story. I think perhaps we’re not supposed to have a lot of fun with something so dignified and esoteric as “poetry.” If we’re writing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

KEEPSAKES

STORIES FROM THE CENTER The women and men who come to the Write Your Own Story programs at The Main Street Center have become close-knit and supportive. We get into the heartbreak issues amongst ourselves at times, and even #MeToo issues come up. Most of the time we humans of the female persuasion... Sign in to see full entry.

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