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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Edward Graham: Elizabethan Scholar

Late '70s, early '80s: SIUe I don’t remember the exact year and academic quarter I signed up for Dr. Ed Graham’s English class, but I’d heard he was a good teacher and knew his stuff. Older gentleman, walked with a slight limp, wore a shirt and tie, stood behind a lectern after handing out the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Writing Group at The Center

Well, we've sold out the "first printing" of the Write Your Own Story workbook at The Center. There were a dozen, all the writing prompts, the resources for tracing the family tree, at the public library, online, and at home. For instance families used to log births, deaths and marriages in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Another Day, Another Scammer

The phone rang, the ID on my phone said "Private Caller." On the off chance it could be this gal I know who calls at random times, I picked up. Hello?..... Hello? Bath-ecia? Is dis batrisha? Yes, may I help you. Oh, hello, batricia, this is Kevin from the grants department. We have $8,000 for you.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

What I meant by the Vanilla Culture

I've been kind of on the outside looking in for as long as I can remember. Mom was divorced, raising 3 of us on her own at a time when divorce was a disgrace. We made it by the skin of our teeth, financially speaking, making do or doing without. Mom made education a priority for us - that's what... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Sad news from my Pacific NW family

Turns out the "over-reaction" wasn't - my older brother's going home from the hospital tomorrow where he's been treated for Stage 4 cancer (of the prostate, I believe). He's going home to hospice care, where his life expectancy is measured in days rather than months - which was what we'd believed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Bone People

Reading this book in fits and starts, few pages at a time, titled “The Bone People.” Its author is Keri Hulme, a New Zealand woman of Maori extraction. It was originally written in that language – this is a translation. It’s full of native phrases and expressions. It definitely comes from an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 8, 2015

Threads

To my mind, there’s a parallel between crocheting a thread into a scarf or hat, and taking an idea from the “what if?” to a story plot. Threads. Making something out of “nothing.” So many seemingly unrelated things turn out to be connected. On Saturday at the Goshen Farmer’s Market I was delighted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Coincidence?

Early Saturday morning I talked to my son Joe (the plumber/HVAC guy) about this ‘n that, including the issues of dealing with unusually needy people. He had an ex-girlfriend, they’d been broken up for several months over her passive- aggressive ways and her constant need of attention. She had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 6, 2015

It's early yet...

The weather is calm. No blaring storm warnings on TV, it's fresh and green outside. I did open the door to let in a breath of morning air - my usual sampling of what today will be. Cool. Birds somewhere sending messages to one another. I haven't read any outrageous stuff on MSN online news, no robo... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Friendly Skies???

In the news today, a blip about a former soap actress who got into a kerfuffle with a flight attendant and was kicked off the plane. It seems her “crime” was that she didn’t wash her hands after using the toilet. A tempest in a teapot? Mountain out of a molehill? You decide. The plane had sat on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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