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

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Sunday, April 16, 2023

SCENE FROM A MALL (from the archive)

You see it every day as you make your way through the mall: an "old married couple" out shopping. He's striding three impatient steps ahead of her. She's hurrying along behind, purse dangling over one arm, struggling to keep up. His face is a storm cloud, she looks anxious. What brought this to mind... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 15, 2023

BEFORE ROE V WADE, A WOMAN WAS ON HER OWN

The setup: Who: My mom. Where: An unincorporated village in the Cascade foothills of western Washington state. When: Circa 1949. What: A letter from DCFS (Dept. of Children and Family Services). Why/How: Politics When I opened the kitchen door after school, mother was standing at the sink, a coffee... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 14, 2023

WHY WAS GMA PATCH SO CRABBY?

Yesterday I realized why I've been so out of sorts lately. Woke up with an intense urge to pee, hurried to sit on the porcelain throne, only to offer up a silly dribble. But at the same time my nerves bloomed with pressure, the "electric" spark going all the way through my body to my toesies and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

ANCESTRY NOT COM

Went back and tried again, but the bits and pieces of family lore would not come back to me. I came up with a bit of history that came down to me from generations back, told to me by my mother as she heard it from my dad's parents. Let's begin with my dad's father or great-grandfather- mid 19th... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

ANCESTRY, NOT DOT COM

Well, it happened again. Rewrote this entry, edited it to a fare-thee-well, but when I input the code to copy and paste. ZAP! Into the outermost fringes of the Twilight Zone. Maybe it's the Universe's way of telling me it wasn't a good idea, anyhoo. It was all about the Jesse James Gang, Jonathan... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

WHAT MAKES A GOOD STORY?

First of all, you don't start out with a big cliche such as "It was a dark and stormy night." The cat and mouse theme has been done, and done again. This guy was walking alone on a deserted street when he realized someone was following him... Or, make it even more scary - this girl was waiting in a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 10, 2023

SEEING DOUBLE

A couple days ago I got a friend request from a person on FB who is already on my friends list. Today I got a double notice of someone's birthday, and found she was also on the list twice. I don't know how or when this happened, but I went through the list, checked their timelines and deleted the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 9, 2023

John Lennon, Mary Oliver and Ethan Coen

Feeling totally uninspired - no topic I could think of got past my inner censor this lovely Easter morning. So I went to the poetry books on my shelf, the writings of Beatle John Lennon, Inspirational Poet Mary Oliver, and the Audacious Ethan Coen. I particularly love John Lennon's song, "Imagine,"... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 8, 2023

SONG LYRICS AND A WAY TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON

"Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end, We'd sing and dance forever and a day. We'd live the life we'd choose, we'd win and never lose, Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days." If you're like me, you didn't realize the first 15 years of this century were going to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 7, 2023

S W A K - Remember when?

When sweethearts wrote to one another - handwritten love letters perhaps on pages torn from their Big Chief tablets - tucked into an envelope and carried to the mailbox - they often wrote "S W A K"* on the back flap after sealing it closed. Kids today won't know this sweet custom. They correspond by... Sign in to see full entry.

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