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Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Bitter Betty...

For the most part, Betty the bitcher has stopped visiting the Center. She's missed the last A1C blood testing day - First Tuesday of July. I'm speculating she's due to get another this month - today. Last time she was here she complained long and loud, harangued me with questions nobody could... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 3, 2015

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings...

Lorman R. is 88 years old, a tall, thin gray-haired dude who wears plaid shirts tucked neatly into well-fitting Levi’s. His hair is neatly trimmed, he moves quickly, gets up out of his chair without making that old man sound, and he has an eye for the ladies. Except when Sharon H. is around. “I’ve... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 2, 2015

The Haves and the Have-nots...

On NPR yesterday one of their regular Saturday feature programs explored the racism question, or at least one facet of it: the clash between cops and blacks. The clumsy and heavy-handed use of force against unarmed motorists, pedestrians, etc., has been all too much in the headlines for a year now.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

On Second Thought

I wrote a carefully thought-out essay about "Bill Cosby Syndrome." You can imagine what the focus was: the way entitled men take advantage of their position. It's not a topic I like to think about, let alone post here on Blogit. So I deleted my brilliant and insightful commentary about the fact that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 31, 2015

Drama Teacher, Conciliator

You can Google Tawnya Pettiford-Wates at her new(er) job - a professor teaching drama at a prestigious east-coast university. When I knew her she was the drama teacher at Seattle Central Community College, (SCCC) located on Broadway in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle. Capitol Hill is the Castro... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 30, 2015

4th of July, 1944 - Family Picnic

When I was about nine years old our little family lived in rural Kennewick, WA – an area known as the “Y.” It was a neighborhood, houses and a trailer park built up next to the Mobil Oil service station at the junction of three highways. There was Kennewick to the west, Richland and Hanford to the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Heat Makes Me Cranky

100 degrees here in the St. Louis area yesterday. High, high humidity. Your lungs don't want to take in the steam. Your hair wilts and frizzes, your skin feels greasy. Your legs and feet feel heavy - you have to focus on each step to make yourself take the next. And other drivers on the road are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

WYOS Topic: First Date

When I was fourteen, the summer before my sophomore year at good old MHS, a guy named David started dropping in at our house from time to time. Mother was an avid and expert Pinochle player and had mentioned that fact when he and his brother delivered a cord of firewood. David said he loved Pinochle... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 27, 2015

Another entry from the Write Your Own Story collection

Topic: MHS Class of 1953 Mossyrock High School class of ’53 consisted of 11 boys and 11 girls. Fifty-four of us graduated eighth grade together in May of 1949. Our numbers thinned for several reasons. For one, Weyerhauser Timber Co. relocated its major logging operation from Lewis County to western... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

On Being Nine Years Old

When I was nine I worried about everything. It was 1944. Our country was at war. In the newsreels and on the radio there was concern about air attacks along the west coast from the Axis powers: Hitler and Hirohito were dreaded enemies, merciless and likely to disregard the safety of civilians. The... Sign in to see full entry.

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