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Saturday, March 15, 2014

"Sometimes I wonder if I'll spend the lonely nights...

Dreaming of your kiss...." "Stardust," that beautiful old standard made popular in the 1930s by Hoagy Carmichael, was on almost every prom program and Saturday Night dance at Fireman's Hall when I was in high school. Sometimes there'd be a vocalist singing Mitchell Parish's lyrics, but the tune set... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 14, 2014

How the Brain Works

It's a mystery. Online at MSN this a.m., a teaser popped up: Top Ten mysteries of the brain. According to that slide show, they don't know how Alzeimer's works, why certain proteins attack the brain. They don't know why some people are brilliant and others stupid. They don't know why some people are... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Traffic Radio

It was an old jazz dance tune, an instrumental with a good beat, and I felt my head working like a metronome as I waited in traffic for the light to change. I heard a voice like a memory, in a room where a mirror ball sparkled and sent bright reflections through the darkened ballroom. “Hey, babe,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Happy Anniversary

My grandson Joe Jr. and his wife Nicole just celebrated their 8th wedding anniversary and posted a new photo of themselves on FB. He's a U.S. Marine Sgt. stationed at 29 Palms in California, she's a photographer who specializes in those adorable newborn baby pictures - and with lots of young... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Hodge-podge to Posh

Kathie is re-doing the Center's gift shop, which had begun to look a bit sad and shabby. Even our display shelves were donations, a mish-mosh from granny's attic and the kids' playroom. They were hand-me-downs, extras, recycled and repurposed. The ornate endcap decorations on one shelf unit (plastic... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Happy Birthday to my Danny Boy

He turns 55 today, my oldest son. Seems like a week ago he was born, less than three hours after the first contraction, 7:30 or so in the morning, not long after his dad and I got to the hospital. Of course I knew what I was doing this time; his sister had taken nearly 20 hours to make her debut,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Old Dog, Old Tricks...

There's this guy at the Senior Center. Let's call him Elmore just for the sake of protecting the guilty. The first Tuesday I showed up to answer phones and mind the front desk at the Center, Elmore signs in, begins to chat me up, friendly as a speckled pup. He lets the guys wait to start their game... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 7, 2014

Blues songs my mother used to sing

There'll be a change in the weather, a change in the sea, from now on there'll be a change in me. My walk will be different my talk and my name; Nothin' about me's gonna be the same. I'll change my way of livin' and if that ain't enough I'll even change the way I strut my stuff. Nobody wants you... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Adam's Mother. (Working Title "Last Man")

Closest I've ever come to getting a novel published was five years ago when I sent a query letter about my novel "Adam's Mother." It was classified as science fiction or spec fiction because it takes place in the future, and because the protagonist was a female salvage pilot whose career was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Alabama House Passes Tough Abortion Ban

What caught my attention when I saw this story on MSN's online site was the face of the legislator in the headline photo; pissed off older woman, expensive white suit, looking for all the world like she could chew nails and spit tacks. Based on the photo, this old gal is well past the age where... Sign in to see full entry.

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