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Friday, October 28, 2022

I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY WIFE...

I was just rounding the dairy case, heading for Aisle 2, when a gentleman came up to my cart and added two large cans of soup. Then he glanced at me with one of those grins on his face, as though he'd just accomplished something that was going to get him thanked. His expression changed to surprise;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

LET 'EM EAT CAKE!

A gazillion years ago in world history class we studied the French Revolution. We may have seen a movie featuring a crowd scene, with the infamous Mrs. LaFarge knitting a stitch for each royal whose head went rolling from the guillotine. If memory serves - I'm not good at numbers - this happened in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2022

'TIL DEATH DO US PART...

Editor's Note: I've run out of steam on this story. I should never have brought a rough draft to Blogit. I should have waited until I had the whole thing down, edited and proofread. That first thread was a revenge plot. Rosie gets even... I've always thought a guy with the name Harold was the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

'TIL DEATH DO US PART...

writer's notes: Edit part 2 to make it clearer that several years have passed since the wedding. Perhaps a scene where they celebrate their fifth anniversary at the local Grange hall. There could be square dancing, folk singers, banjo, fiddle and guitar music. The young girl might approach Harold at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, October 24, 2022

'TIL DEATH DO US PART...

But Harold didn’t wait for the next Sunday. He showed up just after milking time on Tuesday, picked up the shovel and began swamping out the stalls after Rosie’s small herd of Holsteins paraded back out to the pasture. She invited him in for breakfast, and they shook hands on terms. That afternoon... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, October 23, 2022

'TIL DEATH DO US PART...

Rosie had inherited the farm from her mother, who lived to the ripe old age of seventy, still out there with the milking and barn chores until the last. She’d probably have kept on into her eighties if she hadn’t surprised ol’ Trixie when the mule had her head down in the feed bin and come up behind... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, October 22, 2022

THEORY VS REALITY: AN ALLEGORY

They survived the plane crash by some great stroke of luck, skidding to a stop along the beach. The plane did not catch fire, but after the dust cleared, the survivors began to argue amongst themselves about who was responsible for the mess they were in. At first they blamed the pilot who got off-... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, October 21, 2022

CONTAGION: THEN AND NOW

This morning I learned my grandson and his family have Covid. Mild case, I'm told, but still scary stuff in light of all that's happened the past couple of years. He's a U.S. Marine, posted currently in Hawaii where his beautiful wife and two adorable daughters live with him in military housing. You... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

UPDATE: 6-MO CHECKUP

a) Have been s l o w l y losing a bit of weight, and the proof's in the pudding, as the old saying goes. In recent weeks I've experienced woozy spells half an hour or so after taking my morning meds, two of which are to control blood pressure. 2) Told my heart doc about this & about having spoken... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

TRIVIA GAME FOR SEASONED CITIZENS

Without resorting to Google, write a sentence about Jay Silverheels, the who, where, what, when, etc... Sign in to see full entry.

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