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Thursday, December 24, 2015

One Reason the Writing's Hard

Sometimes when things aren't going right, you operate in two places at once: you do the daily dozen with the facade of your mind, smiling and reflecting in all the right places to maintain sociability. You do the dishes, answer the phone, watch the usual TV, stop by Coffee Heaven and exchange... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

About Celebrity Envy

Not every guy is as downright appealing as Tom Selleck during his "Magnum P.I." years. At The Center this morning I settled in at the front desk, glanced to one side at the magazine rack on the wall. There was the AARP Magazine with Tom Selleck's photo on the cover. Couldn't help remembering a time... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 21, 2015

A Little Christmas Mystery…

When I got home from my volunteer shift at the library on Sunday afternoon I found a delivery from Amazon waiting next to my front door. How sweet, I thought. My daughter has sent a gift. Should I open it now or wait until Christmas? I set it on the table by the front door and went to work preparing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Chasing Away the Holiday Blues

For reasons I won't go into here, I've suffered from Grinchitis for more years than I care to count - a variety of the condition that is extremely resistant to bright lights, red and green decorations, holiday songs, even happy laughing children. I catch myself grumbling about the commercialism, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 19, 2015

Greetings Conundrum

For decades I’ve been insuring house and car through State Farm, and most of the time the company Rep has been Steve Whatshisname. Steve was mayor of staid and steady Mundane at one point in the late ‘60s, a position which in this town is part-time. He ran his insurance office on Hwy 159 and managed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 18, 2015

About Guardian Angels

When I was a little kid in the 1940s, Grandma Lucy told us stories about Guardian Angels who watch over children, and in fact everybody. She had posters on her wall in the living room showing a little boy with a fishing pole, his bare feet dangling off the creek bank into the water, perched... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 17, 2015

About Memes, Sharing and Recycled Clips

My FB Excerpt: December 4 at 1:21pm Pardon me for not commenting on your regurgitated ads, recycled memes, political comments. I only come to Facebook for updates on how friends & family are doing, and most of them have dropped out because people on FB are wasting too much time on regurgitated ads,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

The Sixties Chicks - Back by Popular Demand

We had a holiday event at The Center yesterday. For one thing Mom’s Catering cooked the meal, and as always the joint was jammed with regulars and occasionals who knew the food would be tasty and there would be old friends on hand. But the big reason for the standing-room-only crowd was another... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 14, 2015

TIMING

At sixteen you count your years: with neither glimmer nor hint of how soon they’ll take you from invincibility to decrepitude. You see an old man’s shuffling steps as lack of the will to stride, never guessing he was you it seemed only a week ago. You force a temporary gate through a barbed-wire... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Holding Space: a new technique for helping people

I found this link on FB earlier this morning, just when I really needed it. I could not possibly say it better than Heather Plett - so I've enclosed the link for anyone who might be interested. "What does it mean to hold space for someone else? It means that we are willing to walk alongside another... Sign in to see full entry.

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