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Lyla is Moving
“Did you notice that it says she’s moving IN with her daughter?"
BY DIANA COUTURE
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September 24, 2023 at 10:50 a.m.
Nobody Said It Was Going to Be Easy
These are Autumn's children, my kind of people
By RALPH D. WARNER
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September 23, 2023
With Apologies to Edgar Allen Poe, Dr. Seuss and Mother Goose
Light verse is my absolute favorite because it’s just pure fun and it keeps my old brain cooking
By PAT D'AMICO
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September 23, 2023
Ruminations on Friendship
Friendships were forged by a shared insecurity, craziness, newness, or an unanticipated experience
By ABBE ROLNICK
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September 13, 2023
Trouble Brewing
I don't remember the last time I cleaned out the fridge in our basement
By RICHARD WOLFSIE
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September 13, 2023
Sewing Together
My mother showed me yarn, insertion of thread into the eye of a metal needle, and a personal handwork-journey was starting
By LOIS GREENE STONE
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September 13, 2023
Curmudgeon
Waitresses call me “hon” or “dear” and flirt with me because they know I’m completely harmless
By SY ROSEN
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September 3, 2023
A Streetcar Accident and Hardtimes
Dorothea recalls when her father was injured in a serious streetcar accident that left him unable to work during the hard times in 1920 Seattle
By DOROTHEA NORDSTRAND
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September 3, 2023
The Old Swimming Hole: Burke Idaho
...there was no charge to use the pool and, at least when I was a kid, there was always a lifeguard on duty
By RALPH WARNER
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September 3, 2023
Of Scrabble and Wooden Chairs
A needle had been inserted into grandson Kevin’s vein... I pulled up a hard wooden chair
By LOIS GREENE STONE
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August 22, 2023
A Hex on the Hacker
Here’s what I think about the fraudsters, scammers and hackers lying in wait in my computer
By PAT D'AMICO
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August 22, 2023
Zip Code Turns 60!
The Zip Code was launched 60 years ago this month as part of a program of improvements to increase postal delivery speed
August 22, 2023
Give Kayaking a Try
Two years ago, I noticed a 10-foot kayak for sale and on a whim decided to give it a try
August 15, 2023
My Hair Looks Awful
“Wait a minute,” Rose thought as she looked more closely at her scalp in the mirror
By DIANA COUTURE
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August 15, 2023
Good Music, Getting Older, Getting Better
Your teenage self, and all the versions that evolved between then and now, standing in a tight circle inside your heart
By MARGARET LARSON
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August 1, 2023
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