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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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Thursday, April 6, 2023

WHAT RHYMES WITH MANILA?

Camilla. Flotilla. Gorilla.??? I ordinarily avoid paying any attention to the British royals. Not a fan, let's leave it at that. When those wealthy and titled family members throw a snit and air all the royal laundry on the public clothesline, I just flip the channel. I liked Queen Elizabeth. She... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

EXCERPT FROM "WRITE YOUR OWN STORY" GROUP

Topic: Childhood Friends In the days before our family bugged out of rural Kennewick (April 1947) we lived on a two-acre plot of ground. Our house faced the road that ran from Kennewick to Richland, WA and ran parallel to the east-west flowing Columbia River. The land sloped uphill from about 30... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

RADIO DAYS

TV was the new thing in the late '40s, early '50s. It was local broadcasts - no cable at that time, black & white images only, and broadcasts stopped at midnight with the playing of the national anthem. Where we lived then, in a remote village in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range, about... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 3, 2023

WHEN ACTIVISTS ATTACK!

We've seen a lot of it on the news networks lately: loud, rude activist females who may not have their facts exactly straight, but who nonetheless get loud and aggressive with the powers-that-be. Yesterday's "60 Minutes" interview with Marjorie Taylor Greene - and her confrontational style -... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 2, 2023

A BRIEF LOIS LANE EXPERIENCE

I first met George in a creative writing night class - "grandma goes to college" in 1979 or thereabouts. At the time he was thinking of writing a novel, took the class to pick up some tips. He was in his mid-20s at that time and managing editor of four local weeklies, newspapers that were... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 1, 2023

A little something my son messaged me.

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Friday, March 31, 2023

IF I WERE A CARTOONIST...

My drawing today would be two guys standing near a swamp. The first, a pudgy dude with messy orange hair would be hiding behind the second, a meatfaced chub in a business suit, standing with arms folded across his chest in defensive position. He is being confronted by a big bloodhound wearing a star... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

SURE SIGN OF SPRING

Today's the home opener of the St. Louis Cardinals, playing the Toronto Bluejays in their home opener. I expected to see the Clydesdales pulling their big beer wagon, but if the horses were there I tuned in too late to see them. Nice to see the boys of summer out there again - and under the new... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

NOT THE NEWS TODAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

At times the news channels, the way they drag out a story through several news cycles, using "experts" to opine about the ins and outs of supposition just drive me to distraction. I want to jump up out of my chair and scream, throw my coffee cup at the wall. Frustration - that flaming orange monster... Sign in to see full entry.

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