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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Who spiked the soup? Why?

One lead story on this morning's news - surveillance video of a guy putting something into the soup at a local supermarket's soup & salad bar. Pulled it out of his pocket, poured it into the soup, looked around to see if anyone was looking, then walked out. He didn't look in the direction of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 1, 2013

Hairy Easter...

My granddaughter is in beauty school. Tech during the morning hours, hair science, the chemistry, a bit about the neurology, physiology, etc., and these days, salon hours. There are ladies who ask for her when they come to the beauty school. Afternoons she has the usual high school senior classes -... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Rag-top bug carries Easter bunny

I'm waiting at the stoplight at the intersection by the library when I see this cute little pea-green VW bug convertible in the distance. My older daughter had one of those, so I looked closely as I waited for the light to green up. Sitting next to the driver was the Easter Bunny, which is why,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

J.R's Favorite Easter Story

My brother-in-law frequently acted like a know-it-all and tended to take over the spotlight at any family gathering. He could be overbearing with his tales of the war in the south Pacific, his service on a PT Boat during WWII. He made a show of his religion, was called "preacher" by some, but it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Crabby... or is it Maxine?

You know those cartoons - old lady in a hat and sunglasses, frizzy perm, making a comment on the passing scene about how dumb something/someone is. Trendy, most of the time, and alongside her is a faithful animal companion, her spotted pup. Now I laugh at Maxine whenever I come across her - usually... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Writer's Group... (groups)

This month because of Jo Ann's scheduling problems, we changed our meeting to Wednesday. I drifted in to the Joe Muggs coffee shop area at Books-A-Million about 5:30, ordered a decaf and pulled a couple tables together for our meeting. A woman writer I know slightly came by as I was getting out my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Writing Women meet tonight...

Today's the day we talk about our "Doorway" bits. At our last meeting someone - Martha - said we ought to have a writing prompt and all write something "on assignment." So we came up with the word Doorway. It's a symbolic thing as well as real. Vicki emailed her 5-page bit, titled "The Portal," a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow...

gave the lustre of midday to objects below. Thin moonlight, but the eliptical moon was visible through the thin ice clouds, and it was clear enough to read squirrel prints crossing the snow-covered porch. It melted by about half yesterday, down to ankle-deep, down to the point where daffodil buds... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Santa pays early visit...

It was just about sunset, it had snowed the livelong day. By sunset the snow that began around 9:30 had piled up to about a foot deep. Folks had made it to mass and home again, even though it snowed a couple inches during services. Some volunteers had come to St. B's in late afternoon, after the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Thunder snow...

I remember being on the school bus crossing over the Cowlitz River on the Mayfield bridge, it was snowing lightly and the sun was shining through. I wondered if I could put my back to the sun if there'd be a rainbow, but I was on the east side of the bus and couldn't see through the kids on the... Sign in to see full entry.

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