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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Writers Without Borders...

Met with the gals last night. Chris is working out the background and characters for a cozy mystery, plans to do a chapter a week from May 1 to Thanksgiving. I imagine a character like Jessica Fletcher, but Chris says her story will involve a university campus, a science teacher, and a bookstore -... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Ch-ch-ch-changes... or not

The art of waiting for the opportune time to do something did not come naturally. Taking little prep steps is such a useful talent, but you have to learn to be deliberate and take one step at a time if you're an impulsive, just do it kid. There's so much we tangle up when we jump on something that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The Teabaggers are At It Again

Some jerk in Illinois (and jerk's only half a word) is already running his mouth about how nobody's riding herd on the "professional" politicians here, and how when he gets to Springfield that's gonna change "big time." I mentioned the ad to a friend at the Center the other day, and he said that's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Bathroom Reading

Someone once told me those short anecdotes in "Reader's Digest" are deliberately written to the exact length of time it takes a bathroom reader to finish his business. Kind of puts a dent in the writer's ego to think of his deathless prose being read while the reader is on the can. "I think that I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

A chat with mother - part 2

She said she'd never had cancer. I said yes you did, don't you remember?... "That was what I told everyone, but it wasn't true. The truth was, I was raped. Afterward I found out I was pregnant, and I had to get out of town." "Why didn't you tell the police?" "They'd never have believed me. Times... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

A chat with Mother...

It was June 1982 - I was nervous as a cat. Mother was coming for a visit. Her second visit since she'd come out to help with my firstborn in the fall of 1956. She was always welcome, we wrote letters (I admit I was neglectful in that regard) but for her to spend money on travel just for the helluvit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Every Which Way the Wind Blows

Odd weather the last couple of days had me standing at the kitchen window, fascinated as I waited for my coffee to brew. It takes a minute or two to register that something really odd is going on out there. Then I went to the door and stood watching, just to be sure I wasn't imagining things. It's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Things you don't - ever - tell your kids

Stunts you pulled, things you got away with when you were a kid: you never want to tell your own darling adorable children about them. No sense giving them ideas. It was bad enough - all the stuff they came up with on their own. How did those bike tire tracks get on the ceiling? I asked when I got... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Giving Myself a Good Talking-To...

If you read me yesterday you could tell I was in a snit. Not just a bad mood, but a major hissy fit. I let myself fall into a pattern of "ain't it awful" thinking about what schmucks people can be. And I'd read something online about how the football franchises are considered non-profit... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Games, games games

Superbowl eleventy nine or whatever number this last one was. It cost a working class guy two month's pay to attend the game and sit in the cheap seats, assuming he makes $15 - $20 an hour or so. The cost of attending the Olympics has long-since been a way of weeding out the pikers. We may enjoy the... Sign in to see full entry.

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