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Friday, October 20, 2023

LET 'EM EAT WALNUTS

Marie Antoinette ticked off the populace by her thoughtless comment when someone told her the people were starving, that they had no bread. So she said "let them eat cake." Which is a brilliant example of a privileged and disconnected person having no clue about the difficulties of an ordinary... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMMING

While avoiding the politics, war and Trump's Courtroom Stunts on the news channels, tuned in to a vintage episode of "Bones" last night. That's the police procedural series about a coroner's team - from a couple decades ago. These episodes can be graphic and disgusting, and this one was. The victim... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

THE LEFTOVERS

The music performance class voted to break up into ensembles for the spring concert and Ms. Sharp had them choose up ensembles. One member from the rhythm section, at least one guitar, a brass instrument in each one, and a vocalist. By the time the shuffling ended, there were five who had not been... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

NO POST YESTERDAY... BUT TODAY'S ANOTHER DAY

Maybe I was waiting for comments on the prior ones. Maybe I just ran out of ideas. In any case, one good thing happened over the weekend that you might be interested in. My grandson Matt, an Air Force Vet, is going to school nearby, taking advantage of the GI Bill. He wants to be an art educator,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 15, 2023

THE 9-1-1

When the response team got to the scene, it was supernaturally quiet. Neighbors had called, the usual family disturbance complaint. They told the operator there'd been a shot. The lights were on inside. They approached the front porch, guns drawn. And then Murphy saw the woman, seated on the rocker,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

P.S. ON THE "YOU HUSSY" POST

The characters and incidents in the story were real. The names were changed for the sake of privacy. All this and much more happened in the mid 1970s as my kids were growing up. They loved our elderly neighbors, especially Grandma W, whose sugar cookies with sprinkles are still talked about today by... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 13, 2023

YOU HUSSY! HOW DARE YOU?

Mrs. A was in her late seventies. Mr. A, a retired carpenter, was remarkably fit for his age, which was going on seventy-nine. Their next-door neighbor, Mrs. W, was a widow of the same age. Mrs. W did her laundry every Monday on her old reliable Maytag washing machine. The wash went on the line... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

NO LETTER TODAY

I believe "No Letter Today" was a song title from the long, long ago. Back in the day before cell phones, social media and all, we wrote letters. When a soldier was shipped out to some overseas battle zone or a distant post stateside, there would be letters, weekly - or daily - to his sweetheart... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

NO WAR NEWS FROM HERE TODAY

With all that's going on in the world, all the coverage all the time on the TV networks, and so many issues being discussed on social media, it's a miracle we all haven't lost our freakin' minds. I've been telling myself this week I'm not really depressed, it's just that I'm aware of how depressing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

COMPARISON: 1944 - 2023 WAR NEWS

When I was a very young child, I was very much aware of the war. In the 3rd and 4th grades, we heard about it from talk among grownups, on the radio, and at school. My teacher - whose son was at the front in Europe - read his letters to us. Most news in those days came in newsprint, which kids... Sign in to see full entry.

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