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Monday, February 17, 2025

POLITICS? THANK YOU, NOT TODAY.

I get more greasy politics than my stomach can stand on TV, where I have a remote in hand, trigger finger ready to switch to the Game Show Network. But some folks on social media share a lot of political posts they glean from other sources. So, for the sake of my mental health I sometimes put them... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 16, 2025

It's back.

After I sent a copy of my photo and appealed FB's decision to deny access yesterday, they restored service. The pic. from my album was one that is about seven years old, but I don't have a cell phone to take one right now, so that was all I could do. I suspect some jerk lifted my info and used it to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

ISSUES @ FB

In case you've tried to reach me at FB, they have shut down my page until I send them a new facial photo. Apparently, the pic I've been using (an ostrich) on my opening page no longer meets their requirements. I am working to solve the problem and hope to be back up and reading your posts very soon. Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 14, 2025

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

Here's hoping there are dear hearts and gentle people surrounding you today. Sign in to see full entry.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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