Maybe so

@sallypup (66027)
Centralia, Washington
August 27, 2025 7:13pm CST
Whoa the weather feels like Autumn in my corner. Yesterday we had temps above the 80s and summer. Today we barely hit 70 with a teeny bit of gray rain. Both hubby and I made it to the pool this morning. Then we drove north to the Mennonite store and picked up 25 pounds of Italian prune plums. YUM. Freezer and maybe a pie and snacks..... Tonight is poetry reading night. We changed the locale from the backyard to the living room. That means put stuff away. Find a place for this, that and the other thing. A lady and her daughter might show up. She no longer drives but her daughter says she will help get her Mom here. They both write. I hope they do appear. I need to truck up the stairs and get my little computer. Best thing ever: have a writing tool by your bedside. Having that computer by me has really helped. I may read a paragraph or two from the story that has been bugging me. I send my Light and Healing thoughts to those souls in Minnesota. Part of my early school years was spent in a parochial Minneapolis school and church. My grandparents were married and buried in St. Paul. My Mom rests by them now. May the person who took their precious lives be discussing the matter now with his/her Creator. May She be with that person's family as they walk through their grief and shock that one of theirs could commit such an act.
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@LindaOHio (201020)
• United States
28 Aug
25 pounds of plums is a lot! I hope the poetry reading went well. Yes, these shootings are tragedies; but I think they are avoidable if we would catch these people with mental problems before they act out.
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@sallypup (66027)
• Centralia, Washington
28 Aug
@LindaOhio You're right. I am staring at a lot of plums- we'll freeze most of them. I wish we had tons more mental health programs in this country.
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@LindaOHio (201020)
• United States
29 Aug
@sallypup Me too. So many programs are being cut right now or the staffs are being pared down.
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@snowy22315 (196197)
• United States
28 Aug
I hate the fact that these school shootings are still going on
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@sallypup (66027)
• Centralia, Washington
28 Aug
@snowy22315 Our society is very ill.
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@wolfgirl569 (122472)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Aug
The weather changed here over the weekend. But we warm back up soon
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@JudyEv (363061)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 Aug
School shootings are just so, so sad. Just awful.
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