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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

About “The Wall”

Some comments about theTrump's Wall story on yesterday’s Blogit entry compared the situation to the DDR (East Berlin) and the Hitler era. The concept of trying to wall out “the other” seems doomed to failure. Us versus them and selfish protectionism never truly benefits anyone, not even those who... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 12, 2016

The Wall... a short story by PLH

SUB-DISTRICT 5: Nov. 10, 2018 Justine set a large coffee mug in front of Milo and poured. “Need room for cream?” she asked. “Please.” Milo reached for the insulated pitcher in the center of the table. The café was crowded with uniformed agents, both male and female, it was rush hour, time for shift... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

The Quorum Gathers: Writers Without Borders Bookstore

Now, Books-A-Million isn’t really my idea of a bookstore. It’s actually a general merchandising outlet for gadgets, gimmicks and toys related to reading. They carry pop merchandise, the tee shirts and how-to books on home repairs or needlework crafts, best sellers, reprints. But when I looked for... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Stories From The Center: Thursday

As each writer read her story, I took short notes. We were writing first drafts of our own stories – although I doubt the participants thought of it as a first draft. This was the session where we focus on our readers. In the discussion we talked about letter writing as a time we wrote with reader... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Writing at The Center

Writers at the story group were “ON” yesterday – our topic was to write about a day in school, using specific details, with our reader in mind. It just seems logical to be mindful of who you’re writing for. In the intro remarks, I reminded the group that we used to keep in touch through letter... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

The Center: Typical Tuesday

Muggy, already 80 degrees at 8:45, the first one I see as I cross the lot from my parked car, is Bobbie the bread hoarder, putting a sack of bread and bagels into her car. She pretends not to see me, so I return the favor. It’s cool inside, the ceiling fans are working. Only two people there, loud... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Religious Cars

Now that school’s started again, the vehicle traffic on Brick Street has increased exponentially. Don’t ya just love the word “exponentially”? In this case it means it has multiplied all out of proportion. Where there used to be a couple dozen cars proceeding in either a northerly or southerly... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 4, 2016

Coming Events:

Style Week is coming to beautiful downtown Mundane. The Wildey Theatre Association is hosting a fall fashion show and fund-raiser at its restored ‘40s movie house on North Main Street. This is where all kinds of live and film productions are staged including $2 movie events and old-time Saturday... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Fart Jokes: Are They Ever Appropriate?

We got into a side discussion at the Write Your Own Story gathering on Thursday. There was something about the way older people no longer seem to mind if a bit of gas escapes, or if they mind, there’s not much they can do about it. And the old person’s tendency to toot or tweet as they try to hoist... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 2, 2016

Thursday’s Writing Exercise at The Center

The idea was to write a memory of something your grandmother told from her point of view, as though she were writing the story. If possible, build in dialog. Keep in mind that each character only knows his or her own part, and for the reader to piece the whole thing together, each point of view... Sign in to see full entry.

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