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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

HOW ABOUT THAT!

For the past couple of shopping trips, I haven't been able to find a couple of items I needed. I needed a 50' lightweight garden hose to replace the old one that has broken the hose reel and needs to be dropped off at a landfill. No luck. Also needed rock salt to sprinkle on my gravel driveway to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 8, 2024

Plot & Counter-Plot

At times as I fiddle with a game of Solitaire on my computer, I think of the cards and the moves as characters in a story. How the cards fall with each click could be turned into plot details. Has the queen been head of her column for many plays, does she long for a king to choose her for their... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 7, 2024

JRNL 101-PLUS: How Journalism Students Build a Story

At the Journalism 101-level freshmen students learn to write news-style. At the 200-level, they learn to do background research first, if possible, know what questions to ask before interviewing subjects of the investigation. The published story will include background and context so readers will... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Moms

Mama was a gifted seamstress. She made most of the school clothes my little sister and I wore - using patterns, adding her own touches. Heaven help you if you got caught cutting paper with her sewing scissors. Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

Mill Creek, 1950-ish

The village of Salkum sits on a 2-mile-wide shelf of prairie overlooking a valley formed centuries earlier by Mill Creek, a glacier-fed stream that meanders westward from the high snowpacks of Washington's Cascade peaks toward the Pacific Coast. Salkum is a tribal word that translates to mean... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

NURSERY RHYME

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse and they all lived together in a crooked little house. Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

THE STORY GOES...

Do you know the story behind the reason aces and eights are called the dead man's hand? In case you're not a seasoned poker player, or a follower of western lore, you may not have heard that story. Legend has it they were black aces and black eights. Wild Bill Hickock, if I'm recalling this one... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 1, 2024

IMHO

FAILED COUP Steve Bannon is a traitor to our democracy. He tried to guide a con man to create pure anarchy. He needs to be in prison in an isolated cell. If his pawn could be there with him it would serve our country well. plh 7-1-2024 Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 30, 2024

Motherless Child Blues

It's an old song, from the 1920s. In fact, it's several different songs, performed by different artists. It was running through my mind before I quite woke up this morning, so I decided to look it up. Google found several versions by singers I'd never heard of, but they all echo that deep blue... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 28, 2024

FRIDAY MORNING

Sipping coffee on the front porch and whatever do I see? An itty-bitty squirrel just a-lookin' back at me, The cat I call Darth Vader comes slinking up the walk, A silent patient menace, a real pro at the stalk, A woman in a black dress who seems to own the street, Double-times it up the middle,... Sign in to see full entry.

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