What can I say about yesterday?

Yesterday was a dream I will never wake from, and yet so real. I am grounded in love and community. John Lennon’s piano was on my lawn and in my dining room. You should have seen sweet wonderful Steve Schalchlin‘s hands dance on that piano, and heard him sing “Imagine”, “Will It Always Be Like …

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The Wives of Marty Winters

On Alec’s blog: South Sound Arts etc. ~ Posted: 07 Apr 2007 The Wives of Marty Winters is my latest novel. I’m in the midst of my second complete rewrite — up to page 147 of 212 right now, after having two trusted friends who are good writers read it and make editorial comments. One …

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A medical update

On Tuesday February 20th I posted that I was home and recovering from a seizure.After that I started having tight chest pain and at first thought it might be heartburn, which I hadn’t had in years. But taking antacid didn’t do a thing. Then I thought I had injured myself during the seizure or had …

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An invitation from Alec

Dear friends, I hope you will come to my painting exhibition at the new Kenneth J. Minnaert Fine Arts Center at South Puget Sound Community College. The show opens Friday, March 9 with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. — refreshments served — and will continue through the month of March. Here is a …

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Yesterday October 7th was my 54th birthday. Yow.

Alec and I met Catherine for an early breakfast at Darby’s restaurant downtown. Later Alec and I went to some politial events. First in the early afternoon we went to a debate between three ‘minor party’ candidates for the U.S. Senate: Green Party candidate Aaron Dixon, Libertarian Party candidate Bruce Guthrie, and Independent Robin Adair. …

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