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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

It's gone, baby, gone!

I deleted my previous entry -- the one I posted this a.m. "Christmas: What's it all about?" was something that should have stayed in my thoughts, and not on my blog. Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments. I realized later it was just wrong. The one who made me think about the matter, I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 19, 2011

Sunshine - cont'd.

Backstory Don Cassidy, AKA “Butch,” was his latest pseudonym. This characterization felt the closest to his authentic self as any role he'd played before he bugged out. As Butch he stayed away from every place they might look for him, the uptown coffee shops, the “in” restaurants, art galleries,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Sunrise - part 4

Art hung his fedora and the mackintosh on the coatrack and took a seat one down from Officer Doan. Sal poured a coffee and set it in front of him. “What’ll it be, Art?” “I’ll take the special, Sal, if there’s any left. It’s meat loaf today, isn’t it?” “You know it.” She gave the order to Chen, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Sunrise - part 3 (draft)

- continued – Around six-thirty p.m. (1830 hours) a black and white pulled up to the curb in front of the Sunrise. Officer Doan, three years out of the Academy, adjusted his hat, checked the strap over his Glock, and headed inside. He was doing follow-up on the Cassidy case, not that there was a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Sunshine - Part 2 -- rough draft --

- Continued - It had been a while. Art didn’t remember for sure which of the World War Two defense houses belonged to Butch. They were all alike, shake roofs, in need of paint and a bit of a nip-tuck, same narrow porches, same three-steps, same handrails. But Sunny had no problem, ran right up the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sunrise, part 1 -- first draft --

Sal had run the Sunrise for years, tips were lean, the diner’s clientele were mostly pensioners, guys looking for work, night shift cops on a coffee break. She made enough to get by, but not much more. Art was a regular, ate all his meals there except when a day job took him to another part of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Speaking of phone calls, as Wiley's last post does...

I called my daughter in Florida to see if she's recovered any energy after that grueling first semester of law school. She has. They're having the big family get-together for her "in-laws" on the 18th after church -- and she's the chef. Says she's making Cuban pulled pork, fried plantain and several... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Have you heard of Mary Celeste?

Fans of naval history might find themselves thinking that name rings a bell. It was the first item on my MSN news page this morning. The Mary Celeste was a big sailing ship found under full sail, with not a soul on board. I barely pulled the headline into my mind when it came to me. Mary Celeste... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Something DrJPT wrote made me think of an old saying --

Opinions are like noses. Everybody's got one. I cleaned that up a bit. This is a family show. heh heh heh Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Cinderella -- CinderFella

In an excerpt from The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir talks about clothes – the “rules” for men and women and how they present themselves. She says “A man’s clothes, like his body, should indicate his transcendence and not attract attention; for him, neither elegance nor good looks call for his... Sign in to see full entry.

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