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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Murder at 922 Holyoke Road

April 4, 1911. Around seven o'clock in the evening George Yates walks three-quarters of a mile from his home in Leclaire to the police station, his clothes covered in blood. He gets the attention of Sgt. Moriarty and tells him "I just killed my wife. Here are the keys to the house, so you can see to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 26, 2010

If at first you don't succeed...

This is a substitute post. The first one I wrote this morning was too long, too personal, TMI. So this one replaces it. Exactly 50 years ago today I walked out of the courthouse a free woman. The judge listened to my husband, arrogant enough to act as his own attorney and certain he'd prevail, that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 25, 2010

It's officially summer now

I sat out on the deck last night, watching the waterfall and the pond. Guy and the girlfriend had come over to load the left over limestone into his truck. Kim has gotten him to agree to build a flagstone path through her back garden. After they finished moving it, they sat for a few minutes,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Facebook Friends...

Years ago -- around 1970 -- I had a job at the city offices up on Main Street. Billing clerk for the water department. Our 48K computer was half again the size of a full-grown elephant, and the room it lived in had to be kept at 68 degrees with very low humidity. Leave the door open on a typical... Sign in to see full entry.

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Garden Kingdom...

That's the name of the company who fixed my back yard pond. It's only about 10 feet across at the wide end, kind of a triangle shape. The waterfall's at the wide end, the narrow is about two steps off the deck. The new rocks are brown sandstone, some have a bit of moss or lichen on them, and it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Poets & Writers

Just received the July-August issue of Poets & Writers. Sometimes I'm busy (doin' nothin') and don't even crack the cover. But this time I got busy right away. The back cover ad called to me like the siren's song drew those sailors so long ago. I don't think I'm going to stop up my ears or lash... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Slim fellow in the grass...

Remember Emily? What brought me to her poetry yesterday was the humidity they say it's not the heat She's got the makings of a plot in this slender poem. She leaves much for imagination to think about in this truth, boiled and reduced to its essence. A wounded deer leaps highest, I've heard the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

Busy Shift at Carnegie's Bookshop

I got there early so I could put out the snacks and turn on the ceiling fans, set up the cash register, neaten up. The temp gauge on Ruby's dashboard (my little Toyota) said 99 degrees. So I spread a towel over the steering wheel to keep it cool enough to touch by the time I was ready to drive home.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

More 1890s articles are coming...

I almost decided not to go to the library today, not work my shift in the little used book shop. It's supposed to get to 97 degrees this afternoon, which turns the car into an oven, makes the seat belt buckle hot enough to burn. But there's a chance of thunderstorms, possibly severe, which means... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

Thumper, the cute bunny from "Bambi" said it 60 years ago...

"If ya can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." Wouldn't that put CNN and all the show biz gossip gurus outta business? So I'm sayin' nothin' about the Gulf of Mexico and the BP carelessness that led to an ongoing eruption of poison into an already threatened environment. And I'm sayin'... Sign in to see full entry.

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