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Thursday, January 30, 2014

About Maybelle's name:

Thank you for your suggestions!!! You came up with a boatload of great old-fashioned names that could work in "Simon Says." I'm saving them for future stories though, because I remembered. After I posted yesterday I looked up the Wickipedia article about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - New... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

the new Simon - part three

- cont'd - “It’s that Clyde Madigan! I hate his guts…” “Well, I see that, but he seems like a decent guy to me.” “No he ain’t! He’s a lying two-face, but Mom thinks he's great and I'm the one that ain't telling the truth!” He stopped as the breeze kicked up the scent of bacon. “Boy, that smells... Sign in to see full entry.

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Ya gotta write it down...

I've been looking for a new name for Maybelle, Simon's love interest in the story. I love the name Sarah, but don't want alliteration Simon - Sarah... Mary's a nice name that was common then, but I've already got a Mary. A name crossed my mind last night while I was watching the State of The Union,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

the new Simon, part two

- cont'd - “I hope Gus will tell you what’s going on with him,” she said. “He’s been a pill ever since his dad died, and absolutely impossible since we got engaged.” “Really?” “Anytime Clyde Madigan comes into the room, he walks out. At meals he sits there like a thundercloud. He makes it pretty... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 26, 2014

What was I thinking?

One item on my shopping list was cinnamon. Lately I've been using quite a lot of it, since I saw on Dr. Oz that it's so good for me. I got the pet food dispenser to automate the process of feeding squirrels. I got the Omega 3 fishoil. The dispenser will work better with a corn and sunflower seed mix... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Revising Simon

In October I began dropping story ideas into my little blogs, one scene that came to me concerned an old guy and a teen-aged boy. Simon was hunkered down next to a campfire, sipping coffee and waiting not-so-patiently for the kid to wake up. Their horses were ground-hitched nearby. Simon and Li'l... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, January 24, 2014

About Face (book) and the blue screen of death

Someone unknown to me, not a friend to any Facebook Friend or Family, sent a friends request a day or so ago. I clicked on his photo, went to his page, but couldn't find a connection, what he does, or any hint of why he'd want to friend me. So I clicked delete. Early one morning about a week ago I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Write Your Own Story group

One Friday in mid-November Mary D. fell, broke her hip. Had surgery on Saturday and called in to the Main Street Center to report she could not run her Thursday "Write Your Own Story" class. When I showed up to cover the front desk on Tuesday, Sara asked me to take it over - for the duration. So I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Temptations during the Polar Vortex

Used to be, when I was in better shape, a weather system like this would be a challenge. I'd pull on my boots, hitch up my britches and make the old man go out and shovel the front walk, warm up the car and drive us somewhere. I had plenty of brass in those days, didn't fear being stuck in the snow.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Beans, beans the musical fruit...

Used to be we thought of beans, even the luscious Southern style beans n' ham, served with fried potatoes and onions and a nice slab of cornbread, was food you made to stretch the budget. Eat a couple meals a week of mac n' cheese or beans or some kind of casserole made of left-overs, and you could... Sign in to see full entry.

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