HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
Here's hoping there are dear hearts and gentle people surrounding you today. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 14, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
THE MYSTERY
Candidate Green was reading his email when a movement near the file cabinet caught his eye. Something had tumbled out from behind the stack of boxes his staff was to unpack. The staff was setting up the campaign office in a very good part of town for maximum public exposure. Many potential voters... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
DEALERS CHOICE
She was in disguise, oversized worn Levi's and a flannel shirt that revealed the top inch of thermal knit underwear, hair left unkempt and pulled up under a Stetson, that fell in a tangled mess around the shoulders, muddy boots. To the barkeep and the riders from the Bar-S who stood around with... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
WHATZIT ALL ABOUT?
I am approaching my 90th birthday, thought I'd seen it all. There have been any number of changes in this world since I've been able to walk and talk at ground level and world-wide. You'd think by now I'd know a thing or two. But every time I think I know what makes the world tick (and tic)... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS
One August afternoon, about a month before Lorrie was born, I was standing in the front yard of my little house on Logan Street in Bethalto, watching the neighbor kids play baseball in the street. Suddenly the little 5-year-old from across the street came walking over to chat with me. I love talking... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, February 8, 2025
1954: Interview With a Survivor
When I was 18, a recent grad of MHS, class of '53, I applied by mail for a job at the phone company in Seattle. I got resume advice from Mrs. Newton, my HS English teacher. (She had a Ph.D. from Oxford University in England, and was well qualified to teach graduate level courses in writing and... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 7, 2025
Pinochle, Anyone?
In the game of Pinochle, the King of Diamonds and the Queen of Spades, if I remember correctly, were the power couple. If you were dealt a double set of them, you could outbid everyone: it was worth 300 points. Mama and my nearby aunties often played after supper on a Friday night. Saturdays, for... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?
I seem to remember there was a self-help book with that title, many long years ago. Maybe I'll Google it later. This morning I'm feeling whiney and picked-on. Don't know if it's just the worrisome politics or the glitches with my page in another app, or if I just need to add an extra vitamin to the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Old Song Lyrics (1953)
Sung by Patti Page How much is that doggie in the window? The one with the waggly tail How much is that doggie in the window? I do hope that doggie's for sale I must take a trip to California And leave my poor sweetheart alone If he has a dog, he won't be lonesome And the doggie will have a good... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
COMIC BOOKS
There have been several ads lately about auctions & sales involving vintage comic books. When the three of us were schoolkids, in the late '40s-early '50s, Marvel comic books and others were for sale in Talbott's General Store. There was a magazine rack near the cash register. We waited eagerly for... Sign in to see full entry.