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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

N is for Nolan

I'm hesitant to talk about Nolan L. It's embarrassing. I mean, he was so awful. His little sister was a classmate, and at Mossyrock High, where everybody knows everything about everybody's business, Carol knew I didn't have a boyfriend. I didn't even have anybody on the string, no senior looking my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

M is for Mac

Uncle "Mac" was a Pinochle player and he had a collection of Pat and Mike jokes that could keep you laughing all night long. Me and my kid brother and sister loved it when Uncle Mac and Aunt Elsie came to town, because Mama was always happy. She was the best baker in the family: bread, rolls,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

So soon old, so late smart...

My son Guy and I had a free-ranging discussion of writing, the vagaries of weather and the meaning of life last night after a frustrating supper at Red Robin. He and I share the writer's curse. I nag him to get his master's so he can teach. He'd make an excellent writing teacher. (Seems more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 23, 2013

The "Reacher" controversy

Lee Childs writes thrillers about a character named Jack Reacher. His character is a great big guy, 6'5", 220-250 pounds, sandy hair, light eyes, former Army special services military cop. He travels light and keeps moving, buys his clothes at a thrift shop and tosses them rather than spending time... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

This would be funny if it weren't true

A City of St. Louis Alderman has a proposal before her fellow board members. She wants to make it a criminal offense for youths to wear saggy britches, belted below the waist, where either skin or underwear is visible. If her proposal gets the nod from the rest of that august body, showing up sloppy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 21, 2013

M is for ... I'll do that one tomorrow.

As a result of that first writing class with Lloyd, I decided just scribbling stories and thinking "if only...." wasn't enough. What I needed to do was get a degree. But I was 43, Fang said, and you're too old to do all that. Even if you could, nobody wants to hire a grandmother when there's a whole... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

L is for Lloyd...

Author/Teacher Lloyd Kropp [1], as it turns out, was a hinge factor in my life. As a published writer of science fiction, “One Thousand Times to China” and other acclaimed novels, he was hired by SIUE as a writer in residence in 1975. He didn’t have to take on remedial grammar classes or “intro to”... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Brief update from yesterday:

10: 00 a.m. Dentist. Placed new crown. At suppertime decided it was too uncomfortable, will need adjustment. This may complicate the molds he took for the partials. 12:30 p.m. A-fib. Long episode, started intense, pressure at throat. Lay down, pressure began to ease, pace slowed. Sat at 'puter or in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

K is for Klaus

Klaus H. taught English and creative writing at Seattle Central Community College, one of a dozen new instructors on the department’s part-time faculty list that year. For Fall of ’99 he was assigned three classes: one 098 Remedial, a 101 English Composition, and a 200-level American Literature. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

J is for Joe

It was '73, I'd worked for the Housing Office at the campus for a few months, when the weekly meeting turned to a proposed construction project. Marguerritte, the site director, wanted to convert one apartment in each building for handicapped use. There had been pressure from a group of students led... Sign in to see full entry.

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