Katren...In Conclusion ⋅ 84

Two decades were spent being a Daddy's girl, a young member of Mensa, a winner of essay contests, the author of one published novel, and a proofreader. The second 2 1/4 decades spent as a wife, mother amd Girl Scout Leader, not always in that order. Another 2 1/4 decades in charge of a network of computers in a small college, teaching computer subjects (mostly languages) and running a small educational software company. Since, things have gotten a little various. Read if you wish.

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January 29, 2021

no words in The Common Room

I don’t know if anyone remembers me. I found my husband dead in his lounge chair this morning. I am … I don’t know


November 11, 2020

A Day Late in The Common Room

Yesterday was the anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps. 245 - older than the nation itself. Semper Fi


November 11, 2020

A Day Late in The Common Room

Yesterday was the anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps. 245 - older than the nation itself. Semper Fi


November 10, 2019

Semper Fidelis in The Common Room

USMC – 244 years old.


June 17, 2019

A week in The Common Room

Today Medicare OKd one more week. After that I don’t know. Choices? Pay out all our savings at about 2000.00 per day or give everything we have to social security for “home” they choose. He cann...


June 17, 2019

A week in The Common Room

Today Medicare OKd one more week. After that I don’t know. Choices? Pay out all our savings at about 2000.00 per day or give everything we have to social security for “home” they choose. He cann...


June 09, 2019

Still here in The Common Room

I’m still here in my home. Husband is making progress. The chances of him ever coming home are remote. I am trying to prove that I can get along on my own, ,although whether I will have means or ...


Too much back story. Husband has fallen several times. Had a brain bleed about a year and a half ago.. Fell twice two weeks ago. Broken Hip. Surgery. Has had cognition and speech problems. C...


I’d like to be part of”everybody” Is there a rail line near your house? No What is your favorite flavor of potato chips? I don’t eat chips any more How far do you live from the nearest Internati...


January 02, 2019

A-hem in The Common Room

Here is, a brand-new year. I’m trying out Dragon naturally speaking. The difficulty is that I can’t see what is typing and if I turn on the program reads the screen for me, Dragon will Here is, a...


November 11, 2018

A Day Late in The Common Room

I’m still alive, but always slow. Happy Birthday, yesterday, US Marine Corp. One year older than the nation. Semper Fi. The year I miss saying this, you’ll know I’,m no longer here..


Was cleaning up my backup drive and thought this survey from long ago OD needed recycling. Can’t sleep.... Took this from Woodsprite . Where being 79 has caanged an answer, I hacw noted. Who wa...


A day late. I had troooouble finding it. From my Daddy’s newspaper column __________ This is the day to remember. Way back at the first of this century, William Oscar Broscoe, the handsome gro...


May 28, 2018

Memorial Day in The Common Room

Reemembering My grandfather Lincicome – WW I (The war to end all wr) Daddy – WWII BJ and I showing off my pretty engagement ring – early Viet Nam (advisors For all my beautifjul lost Marines...


March 29, 2018

Trial in The Common Room

Trying a pic here, to see whether software problem This software not problem. Photobucket not the problem. Serves me right for trying new diary place recomjended by person for whom I have littl...


March 29, 2018

Trial in The Common Room

Trying a pic here, to see whether software problem This software not problem. Photobucket not the problem. Serves me right for trying new diary place recomjended by person for whom I have littl...


March 29, 2018

Trial in The Common Room

Trying a pic here, to see whether software problem This software not problem. Photobucket not the problem. Serves me right for trying new diary place recomjended by person for whom I have littl...


March 27, 2018

Help, please in The Common Room

I tried to download book. Glot email. Followed only direcion, push download. Screenl filled with text no identifier as to what it is or where or how to sae. URL says something about Amazon Nlews...


December 20, 2017

Jusst Wake Me in The Common Room

Each night, before going to bed, Husband tells me, [If you need anything, just wake me. ”He’s totally sincere, but I have to lock my jaw to keep from laughing. Long ago, when we were young, and...


November 14, 2017

Hero in The Common Room

I’ve met a few heroes in my life – a hero is someone who, in the face of adversity, remains firm for what is right, beyond all human expectation of doing so. Too many are described as heroes late...


November 12, 2017

Memorial in The Common Room

The Arizona, Pearl Harbor


November 10, 2017

USMC in The Common Room

November 10, 1775 – 242 years – Semper Fidelis


November 06, 2017

Your Comments in The Common Room

I am absolutely enthralled with your comments on the Gold Stars entry. This piece has been “published” four times; Twice in journals (here in PB and once in OD), once in a magazine and once in a...


Yesterday we saw the neurosurgeon who released the blood and pressure from Husband’s skull. A scan had been done two days before that. Youngest daughter and I looked at the disc containing the sc...


August 02, 2017

Homecoming in The Common Room

I have been told that Husband will be returning from rehjap hospital tomorrow morning. I have not seen him in almost a month. I have talked to him on the phone. He seems a little better, but I’m...


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