Category Archives: Featured

Pickles, Tea, and Confinement

By Jackie Deal I just ate 3 baby dill pickles.  I don’t like dill pickles. I especially didn’t like these 3 dill pickles. But they have zero calories and this is important. Important because I’m in self-quarantine and that means … Continue reading

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An Epidemic Within a Pandemic

By Jackie Deal There are epidemics and there are pandemics.  To be a pandemic the situation must be world-wide.  And while we’re in the midst of a pandemic, there’s also an epidemic.  This epidemic “has been linked to increased risks … Continue reading

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How I Became a Cult Member

by Sharon Elliott Be forewarned, this author thinks in satire and writes in cryptic. In the event you are ultra sensitive or insulted by the use of some words, I suggest you skip this effort to be humorous. So here’s … Continue reading

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New Member Rachael Smithey, Lot #25

Give a big SKP welcome to our new member Rachael Smithey, Lot #25. Rachael is a retired Librarian, working on her Doctorate in Psychology. She and her 2 dogs and cat have been  traveling full time in a class B … Continue reading

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POTTY TRAINING MY TELEPHONE

Remember when you potty trained your children?  There were two things they had to learn:  Where and When. And wasn’t it great when they finally learned? It’s time to potty train my telephone.  You see, every time I go into … Continue reading

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NUMBERS

By Jackie Deal Numbers! Big numbers make my eyes glaze over; how about you? Anything over two zeros is just so much blah, blah, blah. Let’s see if we can make the recent Covid numbers come alive. (Current Oregon Covid … Continue reading

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I NEED YOUR HELP

I NEED YOUR HELP By Jackie Deal There’s a word, or a phrase, that I need. I know it exists and it’s tucked way back in my mind. I‘ve thought and thought (a hard thing to do with so little … Continue reading

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Suzy Rupert, Rock Painter Extraordinaire

Under the category of “sees a need… does something about it”, Suzy Rupert (Lot 68) is at the top of the list. Earlier this year she, like many of us, saw all the larger rocks that line many of the … Continue reading

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RIGHT NOW

My friend is worried. I’m concerned too. It seems we’ve lost the three Cs. Caring, concern and compassion. We seem to have replaced them with spitefulness, name calling and hatred. Not even of our enemies but of our brothers and … Continue reading

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YOU DON’T KNOW HOW GOOD YOU’VE GOT IT

By Jackie Deal You don’t know how good you’ve got it until you meet someone else who’s got it worse! I’m sitting out a Level 1, expecting Level 2 at any minute; yes, I’m talking about the forest fires ravaging … Continue reading

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