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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Craft Item

PINK PUSSY HATS A woman told me she would march in protest at the Gateway Arch one day after Trump’s inauguration as president of this great nation. In awe I watched E S P N as women went to Washington a thousand here, ten thousand there, and millions more – they’re everywhere In crocheted hats all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 17, 2017

Write Your Own Story (at The Center)

In light of previous stories by our writers at The Center, many of which were variations on a theme of the lingering impact of dark things that happened when they were children, I thought we all needed a shot of encouragement. So I printed out the excerpt of Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” poem (see... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 16, 2017

In these times we need Mary Oliver's lyrical view

Excerpt from “Wild Geese” Dream Work (1986) You do not have to be good You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves… The world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Plumbers Wanted ???

Someone I know told me a few days ago that finding a licensed plumber for repair or construction work is going to be a problem in a few short years. He said the ranks of the craft unions are thinning as older members age out and retire. Kids these days don’t want hands-on jobs, he told me. They... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Tuesday at The Center

It was cold this a.m. when I headed for The Center for my Tuesday shift at the front desk. I’d gone last week, gotten sick at work and left after a few minutes. But today I was feeling much better. The deep chest cold has eased, my bruises from the fall last Monday week are showing the greens and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 13, 2017

BULLIES - Postscript

Fifty-odd years later, looking back on the situation – I have felt some regret that I did not shoot the individual when I had the chance. He went on to marry again – a marriage that lasted only a few months because he was abusive to her two sons (aged about 4 or 5) by a previous marriage. Her name... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

BULLIES, Cont'd (the married years)

Five years in, knowing full well it had been a bad bargain but without resources, no money, no friends willing to help, no family within a thousand miles, I tried talking to Rev. Vise, the minister of our Methodist congregation. After an hour of baring my soul, I asked what I should do. He told me... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 11, 2017

Little Blast from the Past

Our old friend Dave Cryer is now a professor of writing and frequently posts photos and comments about weekend hikes and jaunts in the highlands. A couple days ago he posted a haiku about the storm-destroyed rock formation on the coast of Malta. Azure Window shuts: Malta's framing moment melts - All... Sign in to see full entry.

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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.

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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.

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