Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Friday, March 10, 2017

Friday

Started to write a sequel to the bullies post, something about my first marriage and how it ended, but two things stopped me. The first is the crazy fly-away cursor that zaps my typing, the second was re-visiting the old situation. It's been over 50 years and I still don't want to get into the hairy... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

BULLIES - Part 3

It was a huge snow, two and a half feet deep even at our relatively low elevation. Schools throughout the region were closed as road crews struggled to clear the dangerous mountain roads, the drifting across open highways. Nobody was going anywhere, which made it a perfect day for us to set up a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

UPDATE

After I posted Bullies Part 2, went to run some errands, took a fall and banged up my elbow, knee and went to ER to get checked out. Was there from 11:15 to after 4:00, got a tetanus shot, a bandaid on my skinned elbow, and was 90% of the time left on my own in an open cubicle, nothing to eat or... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 6, 2017

BULLIES - Part 2

Our house was on a graveled street that became country road at the outer corner of our lot. It was the last house at the edge of town. Across the road were forests that went on as far as the eye could see, through the valley and foothills, to the eastern horizon. The intersection of our unnamed... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

BULLIES

When I was in 6th grade something happened. Our little family moved from our home in rural Kennewick, WA to the backwoods village of Salkum, 250 miles away and on the other side of the Cascade range from whatever trouble had come down on Mama’s head. (story for another time) There was no advance... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 4, 2017

HYPOCHONDRIA

Mama had a cigarette cough. She’d hack up "half a lung" while building the morning cooking fire. Only after the coffee perked and she had that first cigarette did it settle down. But she never gave up the “coffin nails,” not until she was 68 years old and some doctor told her she had a choice: she... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

What’s the point?

Subtlety is lost on many. They just don’t get the connections this writer makes at times –the kinds of contrast and comparison that poets make, where similarities are seen among unlike things. Perhaps it’s me, but these days –especially on FB – people seem to need spoon-feeding, simple... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

This n That

BIG BANG Don’t know if I’ve mentioned that I’m a huge fan of the TV show “Big Bang Theory.” The cast has become a great ensemble, with a remarkable gift for making the socially awkward genius nerd an ‘everyman.’ Even 80-year-old grannies can relate to them and the ins and outs of their plotlines.... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

ABOUT THE PLOT: THIRD TIME'S A CHARM

I’ve subscribed to “Writer’s Digest” for umpteen years now. They include contests and competitions: the annual self-published book award, short story contests, notifications of writer conferences and workshops in various cities, feature articles about editors, successful authors, agents, etc. I’ve... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 27, 2017

ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FEARS

There are so many to choose from, some are rational. We fear mean dogs, going broke, breaking down in our car, thugs on the street, death, bumps in the night. From elementary school onward, for many of us, our biggest fear is making a jerk of ourselves in front of an audience. Being jeered, making... Sign in to see full entry.

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