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Friday, September 19, 2014

After you hit 40, it's patch, patch, patch...

I don't remember who said that, but when you hang around with the cool kids at The Center, it's an underlying theme. It seems everyone you meet has had surgeries to replace knees, hips, kidneys, etc. They're on meds that have side effects, they know which local doctors pay attention to cross-hatched... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Sometimes OCD gets the better of me

A few years back I made this little papier mache penguin. It was one of a small flock of them (do you call it a flock when they don't fly?), this one was designed to look like the Emperor penguin species, wore a little scarf I crocheted, and has those beady little glue-on eyes that are sold in craft... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Put that in your hat and smoke it...

Mixed metaphors tickle my funny bone. Aunt Mae, Mom's next younger sister, was always mixing them up - especially that one. She may have been the first one I ever heard say something was bass ackwards. One time when I was nine or ten Auntie Mae bumped her elbow. Ow, she said. I bumped my funny bone... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Unexpected Messages

Richard Hugo House in Seattle sent me an email this a.m. - they're doing a fundraiser where writers do a 30-day challenge: write 30 minutes a day & recruit backers to donate to Hugo House in support of your effort. Sounds to me like a lot more fun than pouring icewater over your head. The challenge... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 15, 2014

Papier Mache

For some reason I've gotten back into playing around with papier mache. There was an art class I took from a teacher named Mike in 1961 or '62 in which we learned to do the basic infrastructure using aluminum wire as a framework for a plaster of paris piece. Mine looked like a giant three-legged... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Flying by the seat of the pants

Some people plan everything: meals, social life, etc. They schedule, they forsee, they take one step at a time, anticipate. Some just climb out of bed each day and do what ever crosses their mind. If they're out of eggs they eat oatmeal. If there's no oatmeal they go for Cheerios or just slap some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Timing

Did I mention my grandson's wife is expecting a baby girl at the end of this month? Nicole is the beautiful wife of a guy who knows he's lucky to have found her, the one who - since there was no physical therapy job within 50 miles of 29 Palms Marine Base, learned photography and began taking art... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 12, 2014

Calling The Help Line

I may have stumbled upon something. Night before last we had a severe thunderstorm warning, so I shut down my computer. But I continued to watch TV. The storm came rumbling through, nothing spectacular, but quite a bit of lightning. Then it struck somewhere, the lights went out for a few seconds and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

There Be Dragons

It's not the unknown that used to lie on world maps beyond the places cartographers could draw. There are no great empty places left, thanks to the call of life to life that brought humanity's numbers from widely separated, unique bits of civilization to what they are now. Every place that will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Scrambled Eggs and Morning at the Center

Got there early. Brought my own coffee. Before I left the house I made my usual breakfast: fried potatoes, onions, peppers and scrambled eggs. This time added a slice of low(er) sodium Spam. I microwave about a cup of frozen Ore-Ida chopped potatoes while the onions & peppers (also frozen but home... Sign in to see full entry.

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