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NOTEWORTHY NEWS

VERY EXCITING NEWS!  I won the King County Public Poetry contest.   I am ridiculously pleased.  Here is my poem of 50 words or fewer, as required. THE MISSING LINK   Shilshole, oh Shilshole, you’re my bike trail of choice.I’m a … Continue reading

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NEWS FROM MY WORLD, amended

  UPDATE AND REWRITE…               This post is later than late because WordPress changed itself, so I sent it out on email to my 4 faithful readers, but Charlie fixed this latest catastrophe, as he … Continue reading

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GOOD NEW YEAR NEWS and ditch grasses

[I like to think these news items are a bit like Louis Jenkins’ “small stories”, without his poetic chops.] Good News, finally! Charlie and I both had COVID and  were quarantined together for ten days in my studio apartment of about 400 square … Continue reading

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CIVIC DUTIES

VERY BAD NEWS The ding-dongs are at it again, banning books they don’t like and may never have read.  Stephen King brings it home with a great review of Celeste Ng’s new dystopian novel, “ Our Missing Hearts,” in which, … Continue reading

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MIND EXERCISES AMONG THE FLOWERS

Our monthly fitness charge was to frolic among a chart of flowers by tallying our week’s exercise, self-assessing the results and assigning our tokens to “appropriate” flowers. To the Physical Exercises suggested, e.g. walking, climbing stairs, I suggested including Mind … Continue reading

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SLOGGING THROUGH OMICRON

We’ve had the first ever cases of COVID in my building. Sigh.  Cases still dribble and we have to be K95 masked, but the breakfast regulars who were or near the infected are back, enjoying treats and each other, and … Continue reading

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Notes from the maybe almost post-pandemic

It’s been a week of provocations, but then most weeks are. Donald Rumsfeld died, which is not an entirely unexpected or unpleasant thing. But reading his obituary reminded me of something he did that was both memorable and silly, instead … Continue reading

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GOOD TIDINGS AND ADAPTING

Thank heavens!  It’s a New Year and a  a new beginning.       Here’s to all the good that portends. Good news is we’ve made it this far.  We just need to get through the next two weeks of muzzling … Continue reading

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LIVE FROM TENANTS HARBOR, 1

I made it and all is perfect.  Okay, with a glitch or two, but Scott’s rubbery legs have recovered after pulling my 350 pound wheelchair, immobile with a “brake error”, and me, and I am not a feather, up the … Continue reading

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ROSELEDGE BOOKS: MATTERS OF NOTE

Quite exciting news, but only the beginning, I know. With the help of a harness, I took my first steps since December 2, 2014! Okay, I only took four steps and maybe I did do better going backwards, but a … Continue reading

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