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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The old swimming hole...

Mill Creek was a glacier-fed stream that was part of the Mt. St. Helens (?) watershed, it became wider and deeper as it got to the lower elevations, until it got large enough to float logs during spring snow runoff. Sometime in the late 1800s, a lumber company -- possibly Weyerhauser -- built a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Mann v Ford

On HBO, a documentary produced by Robert Redford. Google Mann vs Ford and look at the videos for yourself. It seems Ford Motor Co. built a car assembly factory in the vicinity of this small town in New Jersey, and from 1967-1971 they dumped scrap metals and waste by-products on a hill near the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Promise of a treat...

Got out before breakfast yesterday, before the ungodly heat made it so morbidly unpleasant. Stopped at the market for some veggies and staples, knowing my destination was Borders. I planned to buy a pound of Seattle's Best coffee beans and have one last latte at the coffee shop there before they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Spring Cleaning, Blogit Style

I've "lived" here in Blogitville awhile now. Some time back I had two blogs, one here on Journal street, and another located On Writing. The On Writing cottage was called A Horse With No Name -- kind of a play on words. My pseudonym here is Blackhorse, and since I'm unknown outside the family, it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 22, 2011

On the church's bulletin board --

Satan called. He wants his weather back. (Sign at the bank says 102 degrees) Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

We have a choice: we can piss and moan, or we can adapt...

I think maybe adapting would be the healthier choice. During the night I woke up to find the TV still on. Apparently I neglected to punch the sleep button on my remote, and so there I was, watching from my bed as the nature photographers and explorers wandered around an ice shelf somewhere in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Looking for a good story?

There's a website waiting for your inspection: Sniplits.com I submitted my short story "Cages" there a month or two ago -- based on its listing in Poets & Writers. This morning I received an email from the publisher, Anne, who said she's received so many submissions she's got all she can publish for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

When Mama was a kid

they lived in a sod house on 140 acres her folks homesteaded in North Dakota. It was apparently a tough environment, blistering hot summers, blizzards in winter. She said her papa had made the house by plowing a layer of sod from the virgin prairie, eight or ten-inch strips cut with a horse-drawn... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Nobody Cheers When You Win at Solitaire (story)

Derik was no king of hearts, no one’s idea of an alpha male. Nor was he a jack of diamonds. He wasn’t particularly entertaining, not a flashy dancer. His looks, his social status, his line of patter wouldn’t attract a queen of any suit, maybe nothing higher than a seven. In the ranks of a poker... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Did you ever date a guy named Chuck?

What's in a name, my friend Willie S. once asked. But it seems to me Chucks and Charlies are a type. Guys named Dave are sweet and steady, Jims are mechanically inclined if not downright genius and taking things apart and putting them back together. Every Richard has a bit of the Dick just below the... Sign in to see full entry.

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