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Sunday, February 5, 2017

Finally!

A year or so ago I signed a contract with Page Publishing Inc. of New York City to manage the printing & distribution of my novel “Bloody Hell and a Slice of Pie.” As my Blogit friends know, it is a biographical novel based on the life of my parents. Each month I sent Page a check for $295 – until... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 4, 2017

In the era of Trump's misbegotten reign

Sometimes I watch the moon and stars and dream of raising dust on mars or floating out there all serene from earth through all the in-between. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 3, 2017

Why We Write

Caves are lined with the picto-stories of ancient humans. Cowboys swapped lies around the campfire as their herd settled in for the night. Even now we watch the stars, wonder what it would feel like to kick up some dust on Mars. We gossip, or sit, remote in hand, in front of the TV. We love stories.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

Groundhog Day

So, it’s the 2nd of February and we’re waiting for sunrise to see whether Punxatawney Phil is going to see his groundhog shadow to signal whether there will be six more weeks of winter. Or, as I remember it “Groundhog Day” is a movie in which poor old Bill Murray is forced to relive the same day... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2017

An unforgettable lunch.

By Rusty Hughes Thin cream of mushroom soup for the first course, watery salad for the second – dinner rolls with lunchroom butter pats. Cabbage rolls. Light cheesecake for dessert. Beverly Hills, California – early May 1995. Wearing a new (cheap) suit and new shoes, I felt a little conspicuous... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Special treat coming to this page...

My son Russ is a gifted writer. From time to time he posts to Facebook a true encounter he's had with people he meets on the job. He is a commercial-industrial real estate appraiser, and for 20 years or so his focus has been on nursing homes and other health care facilities. Yesterday he posted a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 30, 2017

So, we keep on keepin' on...

At the grocery store on Thursday, waiting in the check-out line, a lady got in line behind me, an older woman in the store’s wheelchair cart. I had already put my items on the belt, waiting patiently for the customer ahead to finish her fight with technology (she was having trouble getting the card... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 29, 2017

Guerillas in Our Midst - part 2

2. The Postal Carrier I’ve known Linda for about three years now. She’d take a minute or two after delivering my mail to chat about the weather, kids today, the seemingly never-ending election cycle. She’s understatedly gay, about the age of my younger daughter. As far as civil rights issues are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 28, 2017

Guerillas In Our Midst

1. The philosophy professor Sometime in the late ‘70s I signed up for a philosophy class called Issues in Feminism. Word on the quad was that the instructor, Dr. Sheila Ruth, was a fire-breathing feminist who ate male egos for breakfast and feared no man, not even the chancellor. In fact she wrote... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 27, 2017

The Power of Poetry

Long ago Dylan Thomas wrote a villanelle which one of my creative writing professors used as a model for his students to follow. It was “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.” Just this week I heard lines from this classic, memorable work within the sales pitch of some drug Big Pharma is pushing.... Sign in to see full entry.

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