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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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Monday, March 27, 2023

ROAD SIGNS

In the '40s and beyond there were ads posted on signs at intervals along those highways that threaded through open country - the eastern Washington desert country, and along the roads through the deep forests of the coastal side of the Cascade range. "Ashes to ashes," -- "dust to dust" -- "Keep... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 26, 2023

THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER AND A SAPPHIRE RING

The ring was gone! It had been in Sue's jewelry box along with her class ring from high school and an assortment of gold chains, strings of beads and other items. She'd kept the sapphire ring in the box ever since graduation, when David had written her from overseas that he was marrying a girl he'd... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

AS SEEN ON TV NEWS

Liberty and justice for all, a vital part of our pledge of allegiance, is becoming more myth than truth. For many of us, equality under the law seems to be moving further from reality as the GOP exercises its majority in congress to advance the cause of political conservatism. Here's their to-do... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 24, 2023

THE HOMESTEADERS

Raleigh climbed on his horse, reining him away from the watering trough. "We're a-goin', Ma'am," he said. "Ain't no need to tell us again." Art also turned his horse to follow his brother. They rode north, around the pasture fence. Both of them turned to look back before the woman and her dog were... Sign in to see full entry.

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