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

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Saturday, January 21, 2023

WHO NEEDS THIS AGGRAVATION?

On my news feed this morning was another of those sensational "true" stories of a guy who claims he died, spent a horrifying interval in hell, and was brought back to life. There were supplemental accounts of others - including a priest - who said the same thing. I cannot overstate my disbelief.... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 20, 2023

FROM "WAKING LATE," a poetry collection

WISHFUL THINKING there's an hour more or less at the start of the day i call think time. tucked under quilt and comforter thoughts float as pictures through my mind previews of coming attractions memories of mountain sunrises i meander through the constructs of my private universe, where people are... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 19, 2023

A FRIEND TOOK THIS PICTURE OF MY HATS TO SHARE W/ YOU

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FAIR PLAY

If there's anything most of us want, it's a sense of fairness in the world, that each of us will see a balancing out of circumstance: It's only fair that a kid who grows up in poverty will end up rich by virtue of hard work and persistence. A creep who harms a child will be caught and punished, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

MUSIC FESTIVALS

Back in the 1960s there were huge outdoor music festivals in several areas of the country. Not exactly sure what state it was in, but Woodstock was a big one, with tv networks reporting on it, scenes of young folks (hippies?) dancing and partying and perhaps smoking a little pot. The ol' folks were... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

PINOCHLE, KENNEWICK, 1947

From 1941 until 1947 our little family lived near Kennewick, WA. There were good times when mom's Aunt Elsie and her husband Mac (short for Macintosh) would drive over Snoqualmie Pass from Seattle for a family visit. Elsie was her dad Bert Savage’s younger sister. Bert had passed away when little... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, January 16, 2023

INTO EVERY LIFE, THE RAIN MUST FALL

In the early '60s we lived on 7th Street in Alton's Midtown area, a few blocks up the hill from Broadway, the main drag that ran north-south, more or less parallel to the Mississippi River. At that time Fang and I commuted to work, each of us in a different remodeled farmhouse on SIUE's Edwardsville... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 15, 2023

WHAT IF...

I've been thinking this morning about nature's way, about how the animal world operates. It seems to me that most species - the four-leggeds - function in a much different way than we humans. Among wolves, coyotes and similar creatures, the female teaches her young the way of their pack and survival... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, January 14, 2023

FROM MOTHER GOOSE

"There was a crooked man," BY MOTHER GOOSE There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house. Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 13, 2023

ABOUT FRED

The spring I was 15 our family went to the wedding of a cousin who lived near Olympia. The bride was the daughter of mom's cousin Kieth, someone she had been close to in her growing-up years. They were all strangers to me, but going to a wedding - just getting out of the house for a festive occasion... Sign in to see full entry.

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