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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

PAJAMA PARTY

Tuesday is my day at The Center, and after 4 days of extreme cold and being stuck indoors, I was excited to see if the car would start, and get a sense of how cold it was, and to see all the old farts at The Center. The temp, when I left the house at 8:30, was above 50, and the wind was gusty,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 9, 2017

IF MOHAMMAD WON’T COME TO THE MOUNTAIN…

My boys like to surprise me and they are pretty dug in to their routines, which means on Sunday morning between 7:30 and 8:00 they’ll phone me and see if I’m up for breakfast… I should have gotten a clue that something was up when Rich called Saturday afternoon to set up breakfast out the next... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Romper Room

In the ‘60s and early ‘70s there was a program on St. Louis TV called “Romper Room.” On Saturday mornings Miss Joan would come on camera to sing and tell stories to toddlers. My kids sat on the floor as close as they could get to the B&W screen and sing along as Miss Joan looked through her magic... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 6, 2017

TUESDAYS AT THE CENTER

We’d been off since Dec. 23rd. It was my longest time off from The Center since I started volunteering in ’13. On the following Tuesday, I wandered a bit at loose ends, not just because I was not where I was supposed to be, but because all the usual daytime programming was on its ear – knocked off... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

KENNEDY CENTER HONORS

I missed the first few minutes of the broadcast when Stephen Colbert gave introductory remarks and made a couple jokes. He was wonderful on a previous honors program, warm and congratulatory, making sure the mood was light and bright. He is so much better INHO at that – and on The Late Show – than... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Internet No – Typewriter Yes

A writer I know was talking at lunch the other day about the evils of the internet – the worst one being how quickly damage can be done because there are so many who believe anything they see. Negativity, he said, is magnified and multiplied in a couple of keystrokes. Humans are just not evolved... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

You Wouldn’t Understand, It’s a Woman Thing

Back in ’02 when I was working at Seattle Central Community College as an office assistant I worked with a beautiful African American girl named Marilyn – she had a CPA certificate but found that numbers bored her, so she took a job as the Dean’s assistant. The Dean was Audrey W. – a Whoopie... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 2, 2017

Tend To Your Own Knitting

My aunts used to say tend to your own knitting when one of them put in her 2-cents’ worth about some unfolding domestic situation or other. Ella used to have a boyfriend neither of her sisters could stand. Mae didn’t like Bill because he was rough and a bit of a bully where Ella was concerned, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 1, 2017

What to do about Mom

My daughter in Florida has been after me for the past couple of years to move down to her neighborhood near Clearwater on Florida’s Gulf coast, and I’ve been thinking about it. Particularly strong is the urge to move after all the neighbors’ leaves have blown into my yard, which they do because of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne “Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot and the days of auld lang syne?” It wasn’t the New Year until we heard the Guy Lombardo orchestra playing “Auld Lang Syne” live from the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. My early... Sign in to see full entry.

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