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Monday, July 17, 2023

WARNING - POLITICAL CONTENT

Over the past couple of months I've noticed a disturbing trend: men in power feeling threatened by women's equality and independence - and taking political action to turn back time where women are concerned. In the USA it seems to have hit full throttle with the supreme court's reversal of Roe v... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 16, 2023

SHOUT OUT FOR A REALLY GOOD THING

St. Louis KMOV-TV, Channel 4 has a program called "Surprise Squad." People from Channel 4's viewing area are urged to nominate deserving folks for a surprise and a well-deserved thank you. If you haven't already seen the program this week, I urge you to Google it and read a story that will lift your... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 15, 2023

NOT QUITE A SEA CHANTY

I gave the shore patrol the slip and hopped the rail of a pirate ship that was tied up beside the dock. Next morn I got an awful shock. 'cause when I looked around that day the pirate ship was under weigh! I'd been hid behind the galley door in the pantry where the food was stored. And now I'm off... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 14, 2023

OOPS!

Blogit didn't zap my first draft this morning. I did. It was on politics. It was a critique of one Tommy Tuberville and his position on the Constitution, civil rights and the rule of law as he smirked his way through the speech on yesterday's news report of goings-on in the Senate. You can get that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

GOOD MORNING, SUNSHINE!

The forecast was for big overnight storms, so I tucked the legs of my porch chairs between the slats of the porch railing yesterday afternoon. Around 4: a.m. I'm up for a potty run - the Channel 4 weather guy reports 10,000 are without power in nearby areas of Missouri. I check the perimeter through... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Shake that finger in my face, and I'm likely to bite it off!

There used to be regulations by the FCC - Federal Communications Commission limiting the number of commercials in an hour's programming on network TV. No more than 10 minutes of any hour could be ads. In the 2020's it's pretty standard to count 60 commercials in an hour ranging from 10 seconds to a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

STREET SEEN

I thought briefly about contacting the editor of our local paper - the Intelligencer - about writing a weekly sights & sounds feature to be called "Street Seen." The idea was to feature local merchants, chat up the displays in their shop windows, talk about sales or the Saturday morning farmers'... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 10, 2023

nothin' much

Some meme I saw somewhere was a question about whether the reader grew up with a mom who cooked meals from scratch instead of ordering out or nuking a dish from the freezer. It so happens my mom baked her own bread. We had a vegetable garden, grew enough green beans, tomatoes and other things to can... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 9, 2023

'TIS THE SEASON

Santa Claus was spotted leaving the local Walmart this morning, carrying a small bag of goodies as he climbed into an old red pickup truck. Apparently, some of his elves have summer jobs at that store. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 8, 2023

ODE TO "NEWS" NETWORKS.

Saturday mornings are for cartoons, for bike rides and playing catch, for hanging laundry on the line to catch the breeze and sunshine: not for news channel follow-up on the latest political blunder or endless rolling pointless unfounded thunder. Sign in to see full entry.

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