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Friday, June 10, 2016

Low Attendance at Session #14 – and surprise drop-in guest writers

I got a late start, just piddling with the daily dozen before I left for The Center on Thursday. I’d handed out the writing prompt the week before; the writers were to observe and take notes of a soap opera or other serial program. The idea was to pick up tips on staging, on how the background, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

Start The Day Naked

Sometimes the first thing that happens of a morning sets the tone for the whole day. For example, if you see a naked guy at 0700 or so, you may spend a bit of time speculating about how come he’s naked out there in the street – well, in his convertible – at that hour. Did he just come from a tryst... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Universe in a drop of water

Fifty, sixty years or so ago when I was a student in a high school creative writing class we were amazed by a story some kid wrote about how the world as we know it is actually just a single drop of water. In his story he had caught a drop of water on the tip of one finger, and as he looked at it he... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Just a Regular Tuesday ...

The phone calls, the people coming to Bingo, the vibe last week was nuts. Bat-crap crazy. This week was dull normal. Quiet. And so, after a while, I asked one of those questions that is sure to stir up someone's diva impulse. Last week there wasn't time to inquire as to where was Dora. (Of course... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 6, 2016

Political Opinion Survey

No, I'm not asking you to Press 1 if you agree or 2 if you do not. This is just a little report on a robo-call survey I actually responded to. It was, based on the questions, done by the state's republican party, looking for a little support for their state senate candidates and so on. I'm pretty... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Write Your Story - a request from the writers...

Brenda, the girl who's getting married this weekend after a 17-year romance, said it might be a good idea if they could have the coming week's prompt in advance, so they could spend some time thinking about it and maybe do a better job... It just so happened that I had the coming week's prompt ready... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 4, 2016

I Thought I Had a Clue...

Last weekend I was complaining a bit about being awakened every two hours by my "overactive" bladder. Son Rich agreed that can be a miserable problem and said he'd been dealing with it until he told his Dr. about it. Doc said the issue was caused by Lisinopril, a diuretic he'd been taking for his... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 3, 2016

Some days are just confusing

Zap! I just deleted 2 paragraphs of boring details: long story short the neighbor guy was up at 4:30 a.m. dragging his garbage cans in from the curb, woke me up, eventually got up late and was almost late for the doctor's appt. Doc B. was happy with my 30 point lower B.P., the blood work all came... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

The Writer's Group at The Center

Last week we learned that Brenda, our little London girl who came to this neck of the woods because she "married a Yank" back in the day, is getting married this coming weekend. The original Yank hadn't worked out - she's been with this one for about 17 years now, and they decided to go ahead and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Rainy Days and Tuesdays

I’ve noticed things go bat crap crazy on rainy Tuesdays at The Center. It’s a similar sequence of events to the side-gangling weirdness of a full moon, but even more concentrated. Yesterday, the 31st of May, was a prime example. First, Charlotte called to check on the availability of the van for her... Sign in to see full entry.

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