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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Paved With Good Intentions

Mama used to say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I think she was on to something. Yesterday I put off printing out the handout for this morning’s writing session at The Center, thinking there’d be plenty of time before nine a.m. And there was. Trouble was, Microsoft decided to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Threads

As I was doing my little busy tasks, making the coffee, counting out my morning pills and starting the dishwasher, my mind was elsewhere, doing that thing I’ve learned to call pre-writing. In my mind’s eye I saw myself walking into The Center tomorrow, carrying a bushel basket of hats, crochet yarns... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Introduction to "922 Holyoake Road" cont'd.

Like births, most funerals took place in the home. Infants smothered in their blankets, toddlers fell into wells, climbed up into rain barrels and were lost before mothers were aware. There were accidents with open fires. Children and adults died of pneumonia, infections. They were stepped on by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 19, 2016

Excerpt from "922 Holyoake Road" a true crime novel

INTRODUCTION: America in 1910 was a man’s world. Women could neither vote nor serve on juries. A female did not have full-fledged citizenship. Her status was above that of child but below man. Legally, a married couple was considered one person and that person was the husband. A single woman might... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 18, 2016

The Cover Blurb:

Henry met Margaret during the gap between the Great Depression and World War II. Henry was a sailor with a girl in every port attitude, a gunner’s mate on the USS Saratoga. Margaret had gone through a painful divorce a year earlier and promised herself never again to let a man mistreat her. They... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 17, 2016

Story Hour at the Chef's Shop

Saturdays are my day to play Klondike Solitaire on my computer and listen to NPR “All Things Considered,” “It’s Only a Game,” “Best of Car Talk,” and “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me (the NPR News Quiz).' But today there was a sidewalk sale at the Chef’s Shoppe, with profits going to the pet rescue group... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 16, 2016

No More Faking It

Each meeting of the writing group - there are a round dozen of us now - gets more and more interesting. For the first year and a half I attended and as Mary began to need it, helped work up the topic ideas, we stuck to light stories about the good old days. It was the Beaver Cleaver version... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

Breaking News!

I just saw the cover design for my novel, "Bloody Hell & a Slice of Pie." I'm so excited and thrilled with the job Page Publishing has done so far I just had to post this blurb! It should be ready for distribution in about 6-8 weeks! $12.95 paperback, $9.99 for the digital version. Sign in to see full entry.

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Today’s WYOS

The Write Your Own Story topic for today at The Center will be a compare and contrast exercise. How we learned then compared to now. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (the Three R’s). Blackboards, chalk, the teacher’s lecture then, compared to a PowerPoint presentation now. Or an online search, copy &... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Politics at The Center

Tuesday was special at The Center, unfamiliar folks were in house and more showed up after I got to work. The Illinois Association for Retired Persons is endorsing a local candidate for state representative in our district. It’s an important endorsement for a new politician – especially since she’s... Sign in to see full entry.

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