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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

About "Confusion"

It's almost wicked of me to claim yesterday's story was fiction - because it was a barely embroidered description of stuff that happens at our Writers Without Borders get-togethers, including the professor's lame book. Except the professor in real life was female, and her story was "new" writing, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 29, 2014

From the break room bulletin board.

When I worked at Ace Printing our shop foreman was Frank Rice. He could read a line of type upside down and backwards, catch a typo like nobody else. Frank used to slip out the back door get two doors down to the Kentuckian, slug down a shot and a beer and be back in two minutes. Took Harris Ball,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Back Fence...

A fence is a thing, but the word "fence" has varied definitions and connotations. "Something there is that doesn't love a fence" (You're right. It was "wall" in Frost's original line). "Good fences make for good neighbors." Bing Crosby had a big hit about fences, a cowboy-western song: "I want to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Write Your Own Story - or not

When I got to the Center with the day's freshly-minted writing prompts it was already past 9:30. I'd planned to get there early so I could sit in on a guest speaker before our session at 10. The speaker was Steve Jankowski, former reporter for St. Louis' Channel 5 news, with a program and clips of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

The best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglay... (Robbie Burns)

I lied. I emailed "the girls" that I had a late afternoon dental appointment and could not attend yesterday evening's Writers Without Borders clambake. Truth is, I'm over that group, tired of spinning my wheels at meetings that "signify nothing." So 8:05 p.m., I'm settled into one of those DIY... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Happy Birthday to Ethel !

Yesterday when I got to the Center it was quiet. Aside from the executive board (eight women seated at one of the round tables in the bingo room) there were only three other people there. Terry the piano player, Iona the kitchen volunteer, and Brooke the summertime kitchen helper. Brooke got a job... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Happy Day!

Thank you so much for your prayers and kind thoughts! Just got off the phone with my older daughter Lori who had the cancer surgery a week ago. Dr. told her today the cancer had been completely contained within the walls of the uterus, there was none in the lymph glands or cervix. Not only did they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Bad headlines...

They're talking war again, some rebel group in some dustbowl has decided to raise hell again, put disaster on the doorstep, interrupt the market, terrify children and get the military-industrial creeps salivating for more. "Hey buddy, I've got this new high-tech weapon that will kill twice as many... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 23, 2014

"Genetic Predisposition"

B. That's what he said? A. Yup. B. What's that mean? A. Fancy way a sayin' I was born that way. Like mama 'n papa before me. B. So you can't help it, then. A. Reckon not. B. I knew it, yuh ornery cuss. Stands to reason you'd come up with a way to shirk the blame. A. Never thought of it that way, but... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Censorship

Shortly after the discovery of fire, in journalism classes of the early 1980s, there was a lot of emphasis on the First Amendment, the public's right to know, and censorship. We had in Illinois at the time a "sunshine" law that prohibited officials from meeting in secret to decide actions. This... Sign in to see full entry.

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