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Monday, June 29, 2015

The Cleaning Lady - cont'd

After thinking it over, Alice decided a letter wouldn’t do. Too easy to drop it in the file box and ignore a complaint from an old lady. She couldn’t help thinking about how grannies become “invisible” to the younger generations, their hard-earned wisdom discounted. Better to show up in person. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 26, 2015

The Cleaning Lady

At 73, Alice’s feet hurt. Her right ankle felt like she’d twisted it - if she set her weight on it just wrong, a sharp twinge of pain shot up through her ankle. She’d taken to stepping flat, setting the foot down with the toes pointing outward. She stood on her left leg to take the weight off that... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Sick of the ever-increasing violence, intolerance, corruption?

Well here's an idea that brought me a smile this a.m. THE CLEANING LADY: Idea for a new urban legend story. It seems this kindly old church-going granny is sick and tired of the rampant violence, the gang bangers, the violent domestic terrorists, the crooked cops. Her neighborhood is going to hell... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

About Gluten Intolerance and Gut Feelings

Scientists are discovering there's a relationship between mental processing and brain performance and the type of bacteria in the gut. With mice, they found transplanting bacteria from a happy, energetic mouse to one that seems lethargic and bummed out made the morose fellow more gregarious and... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

About the Cookshack story...

I've been able to write connected sentences, weave things into a story most of my life. It's what I do. But on Mother's Day I suffered a bout of gastric distress that left me weak, in pain, and unable to focus. As always I assumed that whatever happened, it was fatal. I was determined to face the... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 22, 2015

Cookshack Days, continued

As Sara and Lisa and a dozen others got off the school bus that afternoon, they spotted their mother’s car parked next to the post office. “She must have been to town,” Lisa said. “Let’s go see.” Sara had already started toward the building. As they got to the corner they heard their mother’s voice,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Cookshack Days - Cont'd

Stell came to pick them up from the Vogel farm the day after school was out for the summer. She was thin and pale, and unusually nervous and shaky. They didn’t go home to the cookshack. Stell said she’d rented it out to someone when she went in the hospital and the rent was paid up to the end of... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Cookshack Days - cont'd again

“Why are you crying, Mama?” Sara asked. “I’m just frustrated, that’s all. Nothing to concern you girls.” “What did she say to you?” Lisa asked. “I don’t like her.” “She said she’d let me know in a couple weeks,” Stell said. “I guess you should know. The Navy allotment checks have stopped, and I’ve... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Cookshack Days (revised, cont'd)

Sara and Lisa exchanged glances. They put their books on the couch and went to the bedroom before they said a word. “Who’s that?” Lisa asked in a whisper as she hung her school dress on a hanger. “How should I know?” Sara whispered back. She quickly hung up her school dress. They got their play... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday's Personal Headline.

Memorial services for my brother John Keyzers, who passed away peacefully yesterday with his children at his side, have not been scheduled, but are tentatively planned for his birthdate, August 12. Sign in to see full entry.

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