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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Ol' Rockin' Chair's Got Me...

I think that was a song from the 1940s that Mama used to sing, or maybe it was on one of those music programs from a Saturday night. After we decamped for Salkum in '47 there were no more all-night Pinochle marathons at Mama's house. Aunt Elsie and Uncle Mac no longer came over from Seattle, and my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 7, 2015

Threads

Crochet thread. Baskets of color fresh from the store in skeins, remainders wrapped into bright red apple-sized unfruit or practical orbs of workaday black, white, beige. The worker shapes thread with her hook connects stitch to stitch until the dissociated threads become something else, hat, scarf,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 6, 2015

Perfect Timing...

I'd still be Miss Crabby Appleton this morning, but something GREAT!!!! happened. Yesterday my younger daughter, Robin ____, Esq., who worked her ass off for 3 years, graduated law school, passed the bar on her first try, and got her law license a couple months ago, was offered a job at a law office... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 5, 2015

The Rx

Apparently all the chronic conditions we enjoy - arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, IBS, obesity, constipation and rheumatism are caused by a faulty diet. Too many processed foods, cookies, crackers, sugary breakfast cereals, the list is endless. But you don’t have to stick to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Tuesday at The Center

I got up feeling unwell. Almost decided to call in sick. But volunteers don't take sick days. They take Immodium and put their troubles behind them. They drink lots of water, don't eat any solid food and git 'er done. I needed The Center, my peeps, the ebb and flow of the regulars. But mostly I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Freudian slip or is it just panties in a bunch?

I'm beginning to think my unconscious mind is a troublemaker. You know that Story Project meeting I missed? It came to me just now I've been sulking to myself about the schedule Peg thought up. The monthly readings she scheduled for Sundays at two are smack dab in the middle of my scheduled... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 2, 2015

Dang Me! (Not the song by Roger Miller)

The kids were little, we had country music on the radio - or at least one kinda-sorta country song. "Dang me! Dang me! They oughtta take a rope and hang me. / High from the highest tree! Oh, woman would you weep for me." Miller wrote a few little ditties to create laughter and feed the kitties, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

Well, I'm in Great Company...

"Whispering Whiskers?" Heh heh heh! Looks like I'm not the only one with title-itis... And you're right. "Whispered Hope" just plain sucks. Came up with "No Good Deed" as in 'no good deed goes unpunished,' but that seems to be a lead-in for a whole 'nother plot with different characters. Think I'll... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

About that title...

I've been looking for a better title for "Simon Says" and thinking about a comment Naut made - that it seems to him this story is more about Katie. She is a strong character, and memorable, and I do love stories about strong women. So I'm leaning that way. There are many expressions and sayings... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 30, 2015

About "Laundromat Sociology"

This remembrance from 1960 or 1961 was my introduction to the social structure of the town I usually refer to on Blogit as "Mundane." Ladies didn't show up in public in blue jeans - in those days they weren't cool or fashionable, but primarily worn for doing house or yard work. In Alton, a... Sign in to see full entry.

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