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Monday, April 26, 2010

Both Sides Now... (an old song)

It just may be that I've gotten all I can from Mundane. All the character studies I've shared with my friends on Blogit are beginning to repeat -- because I'm seeing all the same old characters. Stories about what the handyman doesn't accomplish -- old stuff. The ingratitude of selfish children --... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Spring Dance

You know it's spring when tornadoes dance across the plains and prairies, take out mobile homes, un-shingle schoolhouses, twist trees and snap them like match sticks before their leaves are fully furled. We "knew" it was coming a couple weeks ago when the daytime temps reached high into the 80s for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Website for writers

Check out Zoetrope: All Story online. Frances Ford Coppola set up a fiction magazine a few short years ago, tabloid shape and style, printed on newsprint. These days it's standard magazine size, but that's the only thing about it that fits in the standard "magazine" box. The art is unique, designed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 23, 2010

About rejection slips

It's one of those things most of us didn't know when we first send our beautiful mind babies out for the approval of editors and publishers: the one who opens the mail is probably an English major who's working her way up to editor. She gets paid to open hundreds of submissions every week, read the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wheeling and Dealing...

Last night I helped this rookie realtor land her first sale. We prepped and showed this house, sat at a table and talked about location, location, location. The buyer was thrilled, the seller got a good price, and then we all sat around sipping drinks and talking about the turnaround. The economy's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Begonias, tomatoes together. Is it dangerous?

I read in one of those gardening bulletins it's not a good idea to plant strawberries and tomatoes in the same planting bed. Something about being subject to the same biological bugs. If you're planting to put in berries this year where you grew tomatoes last year, you could be asking for trouble.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Faces of Diabetes...

Just got a fwd email from my daughter in law, with an ad from the "Faces of Diabetes" campaign. Her 14-year-old granddaughter's photo is one of those on the page. Jasmine has a lovely face, she's tall and slender, the picture of health. I could be prejudiced, but I think she's the prettiest girl... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

THE CELIBATE'S REVOLUTION

As "freedom fighters" in the eighties it was the okay thing to spend a night in the arms of a compatible acquaintance: not wonderful nor memorable but okay. We were sexual revolutionaries reaching for liberation from "right" thinking, from restrictions of convention. Then we came face to face with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 19, 2010

Story Spider

I’ve grown addicted to the stories inherent in Spider Solitaire, how the black queen flirts with the red king knowing full well there’s no future for them. How ambitious jacks of hearts and spades feign interest in queens of opposite shades and hope to raise their ante through intrigue perhaps... Sign in to see full entry.

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It's a new day. Happy Monday!

Yesterday was well spent. I went to a "quicknic" lunch with my son and his girlfriend, his daughters, and my great grands. Little Maddie (3) was in a talkative mood, and 18-month old Buster was his usual hungry self, in a hurry and saying "me, me, me" when his mom didn't get the bites to him quite... Sign in to see full entry.

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