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Saturday, May 27, 2017

The Academic

When Abdel showed up for the Write Your Own Story group a week ago, the girls looked at one another with eye rolls and raised brows. When he took a short bathroom break they told me to get rid of him. We don’t need any men in this group. We’d begun to have some frank and revealing personal... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 26, 2017

At The Center

Moving On A woman named Lynne has been leading the Tuesday a.m. meditation group for the past couple of months. Started out with five or six ‘regulars’ and as folks took the word home another five or six newbies began to attend. They learn these techniques for centering and settling, of becoming... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Kids say...

Rose was 3 or 4 when she overheard Gma Lucy talking to Mom about Satan's tricks, and asked who Satan was. So Mom sat her down on the top step on the back porch to explain that Satan had once been the best angel in heaven, sitting at the right hand of God and a friend to all. But then, Mom said, he... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Comparison Shopping

Note: this post contains adult matter. There was a time, back in the late ‘70s or early ‘80s when I worked in an economic development offshoot of the Geography department. I had been divorced from Fang for a few years when one of the Geography profs (Charles) asked me if I were “dateable.” He was... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Hats

If you come across street scenes or photos from the ‘20s, you’ll notice a couple things about the folks in them. For one thing, they are slim, maybe even downright skinny. Perhaps it’s because it took more work to keep going day-by-day, fewer power gadgets like washer-dryers, electric mixers, etc.... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 22, 2017

It's the money, stupid...

Perhaps this political year is no crazier than earlier ones, but it seems much worse to me. I am thankful the stress level has gone down since Air Force One went wheels up and the White House entourage headed way east a few days ago With no hostile tweets to re-hash the anxiety vibes broadcast by... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Whistling Past the Graveyard

My son lives across from the Sunset Hills Cemetery. ( “Sunset Hills:” isn’t that a fantastic name for a cemetery?) It was no doubt coincidental, set up as it was on high ground to the west of the town of Mundane. Any driver on that roadway in the late afternoon rush hour gets a blinding display of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 19, 2017

WYOS: OMG

I haven’t written much about a regular at The Center who’s been coming to Tuesday lunch and bingo for the past year or so. Abdel recently moved here when his wife was transferred – he says she still works, but he is retired. Abdel’s home country is Tunisia. He tells me in his heavy accent he was... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Gone (first draft)

Rosie loved her job in the Humanities Department. She loved the teachers for whom she ordered textbooks each semester, the students who came to her reception desk with questions. Teachers, she thought, especially the newbies who come here so full of hope and dedication to the cause of bringing the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Not "The Green, Green Grass of Home"

Remember that old, old country ballad? First sung by Porter Waggoner and later by Tom Jones. “Green Green Grass of Home” grabs you by the heartstrings. The following true story from the Salkum Anthology could be the basis for a sweet, sad country song. The MHS Class of ’53 graduated on May 29. There... Sign in to see full entry.

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