I think to have a good friend is to be a good friend…guess it could be the same as good neighbors…..I live in Iowa,,,,in a small town,,,,everyone is your neighbor….when trouble comes,,,,everyone comes to support ….. perhaps we all know too much about each other….kind of hard to keep a secret….but,,,I have had a child seriously ill….I think you would have had to go through phone book to find someone that had not sent a card or good wishes to the child and to me….. And,,,,we all pray for each other…. I have relatives in Cedar Rapids,,,,site of the terrible flood,,,,the care and concern of neighbor for neighbor ,,,,throughout the state,,,,is heartwarming…..

Tonight I attended the last library meeting as a trustee. My terms are up after thirty some years. This is what I said at oral comments…”I am going to tell you a paraphrase from something given to me when my Golden Retriever, Scout, died……The library is not my whole life,,,,,but it has made my life whole……” I miss my dog every day….and I will miss being on the library board of my community.

Answer: She was hoping the guy would appear at the funeral again..

This is my favorite riddle of this week: A woman,while at the funeral of her own mother, met a guy whom she had never met and did not know. She thought this guy was amazing. She believed him to be her dream guy so much, that she fell in love with him right there, but never asked for his number, and could not find him. A few days later she killed her sister. Question: What is her motive for killing her sister?

My siblings and children live all over the mid west….this show unites us,,,we send messages back and forth after every show…one of us does get the dialogue…We LOVE this show… One of the group has even found the chairs from the balcony…We drink the drinks and hold bubble gum cigars… And the Supreme Court show was terrific….That Ginsberg gal…stopped me cold for the resemblance,,, Especially like the way it gets us all talking politics….Mixed bag of party members,,,,but all involved…

And I am proud of you!

Two pictures,,,,one a doctored photograph of my children,,,one had cancer,,,,and had no hair,,,,so someone erased hair from heads of the other six,,,, and the other picture,,,a drawing given to me by a six year old daughter,,,,a picture of her on a horse,,,,with a cat next to her….and these words….I am happy and so is the cat. This sentence has been used here for forty years to summarize good feelings in the house…….

Five Smooth Stones,,,,,Out of print,,,,,but not out of mind….

Who wrote this,,,,and why….is it here…. Wasting good time here,,,wowOwowers…..

One time I gave my friend’s mother a ride to visit the friend….across country….the mother of the friend looked at her self CONSTANTLY,,,,,and when she didn’t have a mirror,,,she groomed herself,,,,,, Taught me a lesson…only look at mirror that flatters…only look when you HAVE to…and for goodness sake,,,,don’t do it in front of others….

No matter what we think,,,,,we get the Mrs…..we have to take the Mr…..and I think his remarks/excuses/denials of yesterday about the race issue….are indicative of the ego of this woman….who wants to win at any cost….. These people are disappointing me every day…..

Yes….I marched on the anniversary of MLK in Washington,,,,I have marched in Right to Life marches…. I protest the WAR every Monday afternoon I am able to do so…at Washington Square Park in Dubuque, Iowa….I have done silent vigils in front of abortion clinics…..

I have an opinion……Please let me vote….. Is this Fiction…..are we part of a writer’s club….someone is going to publish this,,,,,please spell my name correctly, if so…

One…..And that was/is enough….. Best part about most of it,,,,,the laughing,,,,and friendship……We will be married fifty years in October…

The Governor of the State gives an order for flags to be flown at half staff on day of a soldier’s death,,,(death from the WAR)…I am on the mailing list….so I have somehow become the Flag lady of our little town….I call and remind City Hall,,,,and the banks,,,and schools….(one day someone asked at the drive up bank,,,why half staff….and the teller said,,,I don’t know,,,but BA called and told us to do it…) Today the flag is down,,,another Iowa boy is dead. Another family is burying a son. Today I will go to the county seat and stand in silent protest with others ,,,,most of them have been there EVERY Monday for the past five years….we will stand,,,wave at cars…hold our anti war signs….Peace signs…support our troops signs… When we first started,,,people would shake their heads and fists at us…..Now,,,,they honk in approval,,,,and stop and stand with us….. Today,,,I will take two new people with me…. It is a War….It is a Tragedy…..