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Friday, May 5, 2017

Theatrical Devices

At The Center yesterday only two other members of the Write Your Own Story group showed up. Rain, flooded roads and basements, some live ten miles or further away, and other reasons fully explained the light attendance. We met as usual, in the small conference room where three of the Center's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 4, 2017

Stick to the point

As a female, and I do think the female’s ability to use both hemispheres of the brain has something to do with it, I tend to beat around the bush – wander off the point of the story, bring in elements that may seem unconnected. As a blogger, one needs to stick to the point – to focus on just one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

"Sunny day, it's keeping the clouds away..."

"Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?" The temp was a little low, but perfect sweater weather, and the world was extremely green – very bright new leaves, burgeoning grass. This was an emerald day set in the link of a time bracelet forged of onyx and dull pewter. Nothing on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

FAMOUS LINES

There is a disturbance in the force… Was there ever a better line? Maybe “Are you talkin’ to me?” Maybe it’s the rain. The gloom. All the news is about tornadoes, floods, pictures of people filling sandbags, passers-by pulling a baby out of the raging floodwater that has overturned a car. My mood is... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 1, 2017

Crocheted Water Wings

I posted a complaint that I didn’t know how to crochet a pair of water wings on FB, and someone actually suggested using plastic bags cut up and turned into “thread.” The orig. post was my lame attempt at a joke about the incessant rain (8+” in about 3 days). It’s – as they say in the comedy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 30, 2017

"Home is the Hunter, Home from the Hill"

My grandson Matt has been deployed for a while in the “sandpit” of the Middle East. He’s in the U.S. Air Force, works with radar and air traffic, and thank heaven, his deployment was mostly boring. He got home a few days ago, now has a 2-week R&R leave, which he’s spending with his buddies, his mom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 29, 2017

Word Games

Spent a few minutes reviewing one bookcase yesterday, thinking if I could find just one book from each shelf to get rid of, it might not be such a chore. As a reader – and since the almost free books at the public library’s resale shop were so available – I kept finding must-reads. So I started on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 28, 2017

PLAYING TO YOUR AUDIENCE / READER

When you write something, who do you see as your reader? There’s a specific audience for SNL. (Saturday Night Live) NBC’s comedy sketch show that majors in political/social sendups and has been the launch pad for many of the writers and comedians who dominate late night network shows and sitcoms,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

HEALTH CARE – SEATTLE STYLE

When I lived and worked in Seattle, 1994-2004, my job took me from my cozy little house in Beacon Hill to the Capitol Hill area – Seattle Central College is located in the 1700 block of East Broadway. From the Humanities & Social Sciences 4th Floor office we could see downtown, the waterfront,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2017

SO LONG, FACEBOOK

I’m thinking of taking a time-out from Facebook. I added a couple new “friends” – one girl I met at Stagger, another couple names from the activist group against our Illinois political situation. Like the current administration in Wash. D.C., this billionaire governor refuses to sign a budget bill... Sign in to see full entry.

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