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Sunday, February 19, 2017

Feeling Better?

I don’t believe I’ve had a cold like this one for ten or fifteen years. Not since I got a pneumonia shot, which was when I lived in Seattle and worked at the community college. That would have been 2002 or 2003. I’ve had bouts with sniffles, the occasional dry scratchy throat. Son Rich called... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Cold. (The illness, not the temperature)

I was feeling it on Tues., that little dryness in the throat, a flowing rivulet from eyes and nose. By Thur. my voice was a raspy croak. I went by the grocery store and picked up some orange juice, a box of cough drops and Kleenex, which as it turned out, barely got me through the day. After the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Stories from The Center

Today was the first “class session” of the new term – 15 weeks, which makes it one down and 14 to go. There were six of us, and I was feeling much the worse for wear – sore throat, raspy voice and that ennui that goes with the uncommon misery of the common cold. I managed to croak out the blurb... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017

The New Manchurian Candidate

Seems one sneakin’ hunch filtering through network news these days is that Russian Premier Putin messed with the USA’s presidential election, spreading fake stories, twisting voters to reject Mrs. Clinton, the most experienced and qualified candidate in favor of a TV clown whose talent lay in... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Valentine’s Day …

I feel no emotional reaction to this “holiday” any more. I did enjoy the prep for it during school days – back in the day most of the cards we sent to classmates were hand made. I think it may have been 5th grade when Mom sat at the table with us kids to make cards. We bought the envelopes and made... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 13, 2017

P.S. to the story posted earlier

It turns out the wife and stepson of the KKK leader have been charged with causing his death. Sign in to see full entry.

TWO THINGS HAPPENED YESTERDAY…

KKK leader murdered In the news reports, a KKK leader was found dead in the river. You can Google the particulars if you want to know which infamous white supremacist “bought the farm” and what river he washed up in. (Now I’ve done it. Ended a sentence in two prepositions). I felt no real pang of... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Don't Trubble Trubble -- conclusion

If you’ve ever been to the salon for a perm, you know the drill. You tell the cosmetologist what you want, and she gives you what she thinks you need. Which led to disappointment and hair that had frizzed and kinked like a new Brillo pad, complete with the blue soapy stuff. At least that was what... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Don’t trubble trubble ‘til trubble trubbles you

Was having trubble coming up with a cheery anecdote or an interesting bit of memorabilia to share. In the flat screen of my brain floated the ominous cue: “no signal.” Then something began to perk: Yesterday, in response to popular opinion, I finally did something about my witchy willful wispy wonky... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Moonbeams and Lollypops

I didn’t grow up thinking it was a beautiful world with all possibilities open to me. Never thought the goodies were mine for the taking, or that the world owed me a living. I knew if I swiped one chocolate chip out of the open bag mama kept in the back of the utensil drawer – for the weekly batch... Sign in to see full entry.

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