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Fear of public speaking is the greatest fear of people everywhere. Fear of dying comes in second. Very conscious of that fact, I gently weaned my fourth grade students into standing comfortably before the class to present their book reports.
Some, however, needed a great deal more coaxing than others. “If you can’t talk to the [...]

A couple weeks ago I stood and squinted at the writing on the glass cover of the buffet at the Shoalwater Bay Casino. Something was written in cursive with a red erasable felt pen. Finally I made out the words: Fish Item.
Now there’s a buffet offering that certainly inspires confidence in the diner!
Fish Item. I [...]

A school bus rolled by this morning. I know, because the squeaky brakes and slamming sliding door when my neighbor’s child stepped aboard woke me from a sound sleep. This is the fifth September I haven’t answered to the school bell, having retired from teaching in 2006.
Do I miss it? Not really. Occasionally, I still [...]

Last weekend I gave birth to my fourth child… My fourth one-act play hit the stage after much anticipation and great fanfare. Three times I watched my story unfold. Three times I listened anxiously to hear the audience reaction. Three times I nearly wept with pride.
The book, “Just Joshin’, A Year in the Life of [...]

Standing at the sink, shelling hard cooked eggs to make Deviled Eggs for an end-of-the-summer, just-for-the-helluvit potluck, which was code for “Glenn’s 80th birthday party,” I suddenly wondered where the term “Deviled Eggs” came from, and just what was in the “original” recipe. So I stopped shelling, dried my hands, and sat down at the [...]

My friend Glenn turns 80 today, and I’m sure at the potluck picnic this afternoon he’ll be swamped with cards sporting little old men with pants up under their armpits. Seems 80 is the magic number for geezerhood. But the exact age is arbitrary.
By definition, a geezer is a “queer, old, eccentric person, used especially [...]

Ok, ok, I fibbed. Unintentionally. On August 13, when I said I wasn’t attending any of the practices for my current one-act play in production, I meant it. That is, until the opportunity came up to video tape a dress rehearsal.
So I’ve seen “Just Joshin’,” the play, just as it will be presented this weekend. [...]

Authors’ Readings at Olde Towne Trading Post in Ilwaco, are held the fourth Wednesday. Last month, after I finished my dinner, I picked up a newspaper, and drove out on the Seaview beach approach for a few minutes to myself before setting off to moderate the gathering.
It was an overcast but dry day, the last [...]

I walked into the lobby of my local credit union and saw a table spread with an assortment of summer playthings. There were animal-shaped squirt guns, beach balls, buckets and sand shovels. As an incentive to help kids learn the value of a dollar, the credit union was giving away these toys to children who [...]