Life in the fast lane--where's the on ramp?

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Sunday, June 4, 2023

OLD SAYINGS

"There's more than one way to skin a cat."??? Why would anyone want to skin a cat? "A rolling stone gathers no moss."??? But doesn't moss have a cooling, softening effect? "Better late than never."??? Fogedaboudit! Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 3, 2023

WHAT TIME IS IT?

Our lives seem to be ruled by the clock and the calendar. We count days until a special event is scheduled - birthday, graduation, wedding, prom, etc. We look back in our memory and wonder where the years went - seems like yesterday our babies or grandbabies arrived, and now they're all grown up and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 2, 2023

EVERYTHING OLD WAS NEW THEN

I'm not sure if the frozen food case came to supermarkets in the big cities before it came to the back country general stores like Talbott's General Store and U.S. Post Office. But I do not remember seeing any frozen foods until I was out of high school - 1953. They had refrigerator space for milk... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

HIGH WIRE ACT

Once upon a time there was a screech owl named Gladys, who survived a forest fire in her neck of the woods. Horace, her nestling brother, had flown with their parents at the first whiff of smoke. They warned Gladys it was time to go, the wind had brought terrifying warnings. But Gladys insisted... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

MAYDAY

No Way But The Hard Way No way but the hard way for a girl who was used and thrown away by a man who lied to get her to say yes I’ll love you this very day. But he was not the caring kind. He was a love ‘em and leave ‘em all behind shell of a man with an empty mind who didn’t believe in ties that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

SLOW LOOK DOWN MEMORY LANE.

People like me, who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s, come from a different place than those who are just coming out of elementary or high school in the 2020s. For one thing, the nation did not have superhighways and freeways. Those were brought to fruition thanks to President Dwight Eisenhower. In... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, May 29, 2023

GREAT WEEKEND VISIT

My younger daughter was up from the Tampa area to visit with me and her two older brothers this weekend. We had a couple of very pleasant days to sit out on my shady front porch, sip cold water - or eat ice cream sandwiches son Rusty brought over - and reminisce about the old neighborhood where they... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 27, 2023

HOPEFUL SATURDAY STUFF

The two most interesting items on this morning's news feed have dropped off. I wanted to share the headlines, went back to confirm a detail... But those two stories had been replaced with "ain't it awful" blurbs about horrible things some people do to their nearest & dearest. But to the best of my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 26, 2023

POLITICAL EXHAUSTION SYNDROME

The politics, the propaganda of the losing candidates and wanna-be dictators, is sickening. Worse: the media's expansion of the message by their expanded coverage is wearing me out. So many folks I know are suffering from political exhaustion syndrome. Yup, that's what it is. Overdosed on "ain't it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

CLASS OF '53

May 29 is the 70th anniversary of my High School graduation at Mossyrock High School, in Lewis County, Washington state. Total population of that high school was around 200 at the time. Students like me were bused in from Salkum, Silver Creek, rural roads near Onalaska, and from Mayfield, Lincoln... Sign in to see full entry.

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