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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

She's Back!

Connection problems had me offline since Friday night. Will post something new after I catch up with my email, etc.... Thanks Wiley & Kabu for your phone call checking up on me. I tried to call you back but my phone just wouldn't ring yours for some mysterious reason... Hugs to you both!!! Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 17, 2015

Topic: The Joys of Transit

One day as I was on the #60 bus (Beacon Hill to Downtown by way of the International District) headed for downtown Seattle, a little Vietnamese grandmother got aboard at the Asian Market, carrying a heavy bag of produce. The bus was crowded and most riders took aisle seats so we could get out easily... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Topic: Meeting a celebrity

At the time I lived at Mom's cousin Hazel’s, the Beacon Hill neighborhood was primarily second generation European-Americans who’d established themselves in jobs, small businesses, careers pretty much based on what they’d done in the “old country.” Her husband Mike's family came from Denmark by way... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Writing from the Center

Topic: Commuting When I lived in Seattle I used to commute to work by city bus. The first time was in the early 1950s. I caught the bus on 15th Avenue in Beacon Hill and rode to the Pike Street stop on 4th Avenue downtown where I walked up the hill to 1915 Terry Avenue to the central accounting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Writing from The Center - Session Notebook

Topic: Weather – describe a perfect spring day A perfect spring day would begin for me just before dawn. I’d stand in the kitchen watching the sunrise through the kitchen window while coffee brews and fills the air with its seductive aroma. There would be a narrow, tattered layer of clouds just at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

Grandma's House

My maternal grandma Lucy Amanda, from my earliest memory of her, was a roly-poly little five by five. She wore her white hair pulled back in a bun, favored blue dresses and took off her apron only when she went to Sabbath day services at the Seventh Day Adventist Church - or on the rare occasion... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 10, 2015

Today's Blog

Yesterday at the Write Your Own Story group, I broached the idea of maybe starting up a fiction-writing class at some future time. I explained that I wanted to talk with Sara, the Center's director, to see if they'd be interested in sponsoring it - perhaps something that would be published in some... Sign in to see full entry.

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Yesterday's Blog...

Gripes about the weather. Complaints about the politicians here in beautiful Illinos, their failure to make a budget. Wonderment at the blind confidence Donald Trump has in his own political ambitions. An opinion shared with a Facebook Friend that the USA has become an oligarchy, all royals and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Books for Sale

The E-ville Library Friends (ELFs) are staging their annual book sale at tomorrow night's band concert in City Park. The municipal band performs concerts at the bandstand each Thursday night - it's a hallmark of summer in "Mundane." Various groups sell cookies or soda pop, bottled water and other... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Nursery Rhymes - they keep teaching into old age

"There was a little girl, and she had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very very good but when she was bad she was horrid." This one wasn't in "Mother Goose." Mama used to quote it to me, for some subtle reason of her own. Well, maybe it was in the book.... Sign in to see full entry.

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