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member name: Ruth MacGill
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Digital Snooping
by Ruth MacGill
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October 15, 2007 10:39 AM EDT -- Since I have been really retired, I don’t let insomnia bother me any more. If I wake up in the night and can’t get back to sleep, I get up and enjoy it either by watching TV, or by going on-line . . . more
January 22, 2008 01:18 PM EST -- Wow! Have you been following the roller-coaster gyrations of the stock market today? There were huge drops in markets around the world reported over the weekend, and I heard a projected drop of 500 points . . . more
October 25, 2008 06:19 PM EDT -- Are there any lovers of western books and movies left out there in the real world? Or is that something that went out of favor in the sixties like so many other things? I'm sitting here at my computer . . . more
September 20, 2007 10:32 AM EDT -- A Winter Storm in September in Southern California!   I didn’t know whether to believe the local weathermen this morning or not until I went outside to take a look around. Now I believe it! . . . more
July 14, 2008 12:06 PM EDT -- The last article I read last night before retiring was a well-written discourse on the coming collapse of our economy. It predicts the end of life as we know it for the foreseeable future. There wasn't . . . more
July 19, 2008 02:06 PM EDT -- I can't decide what to do with today, or tomorrow either. Since I am sooo retired, I hate weekends. Even when we have a good number of horse campers here in this  Indian reservation horse park, . . . more
May 30, 2008 10:33 AM EDT -- I hit the jackpot at the post office yesterday. My meds finally arrived except for the heart medicine, and I got an e-mail that it has been shipped. And all seven books came that I had ordered from Amazon . . . more
October 07, 2008 01:12 PM EDT -- One nice thing about getting really old, is that I can't always remember if I have read a book or not when I check them out of the library. I used to keep a list of all the books I've read in . . . more
February 17, 2007 11:20 AM EST -- My Garbage Disappointed the Coyotes, A Book Review, Etc.    Yesterday I spent all day writing for Gather and listening to a book on tape. I failed to take my bag of garage to the dumpster . . . more
August 20, 2008 10:25 PM EDT --   I am reading a novel from the library that is a light tale set in 1839 in Pennsylvania. The author  is not a skillful writer. The book is "Home to Trinity, and the way the author builds . . . more
A Trip to Yuma
by Ruth MacGill
views: 14 | rating: 10 | comments: 9
April 06, 2007 11:18 AM EDT -- A Trip to Yuma   For over seven years I have wanted to visit Yuma for the express purpose of acquiring a copy of the journal of Major Samuel Heintzelman, written from January 1851 until December . . . more
January 06, 2007 05:50 AM EST -- Catching Up In Campo on a Windy Day   The wind has awakened me. At sundown it was cold, and getting colder by the minute, and I went to bed  not long after 6 PM. I was busy all day and tired. Just . . . more
July 21, 2008 02:01 AM EDT -- Today I watched  Book TV that airs on C-Span every weekend, and I wrote down the titles of several political and current event books and their authors. Unfortunately, regular print is getting ever . . . more
 
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