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Ah, April 4th, 2013. The time of year when March going out like a lamb and hints of warmer weather are expected. But March went out like it came in—like a lion—and so far April has been more lion-like than lamb-like.
My focus in March was writing my novel. I revised the National Novel Writing Month guidelines to fit my needs but kept the free-writing aspect, which is a different type of writing than I usually do. I plan on posting a report on the pluses and minuses of the month, but suffice it to say here that I felt it was a positive experience. I appreciated the several Beanery Writers Group members who joined me, following through on their revised writing contract for the month.
I managed to figure out how to do polls, and have used them in several recent posts.
Easter, being early, occurred the last day of the month. For once I was ready for the holiday.
However, the holiday wasn’t ready for me—my son’s car broke down and he was towed back to his in-laws home, so the grandboys didn’t have their Easter breakfast here. The weather was cool and rainy, so they had their egg-hunt inside the house. The potatoes were rebellious, unwilling to mash smoothly. All in all, the day went well. Guests Lois and Noah/Gary joined us. Church, dinner at daughter Sandy’s house, completion of a 1,000-piece puzzle, and a raucous game of Flip Uno accented the day. The day was a fitting ending to March and initiation into April.
It seems like the posts on CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS have had a political twist this year. I’ve written to support rights of adult adoptees to their original birth records; changes in the post office system, and changing the names of mountains so they are “politically correct.” There is at least one more issue I want to check on—prohibiting the use of basket raffles as fundraisers for non-profit agencies.
I’ve also posted children’s activity pages for major holidays, a project that has brought many visitors to my blog.
I want to welcome a number of new subscribers to CAROLYN’S COMPOSITIONS and to let my other subscribers know how much I appreciate their patronage. I hope that its posts are enjoyed by all.
Hopefully our dreams of warmer weather, accented by blooming daffodils and tulips, will materialize as the month progresses.
Carolyn Cornell Holland
Tenant Connects Phone in 10-year-old’s Name
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TENANT CONNECTS PHONE IN 10-YEAR OLD’S NAME
PA…Identity theft suspect used identifying information of a 5-year-old child…to open telephone and Internet service…incurring a bill of $941/32. After suspect was identified by state police, victims declined to prosecute.1
The report reminded me of former tenants (I’ll call them Phil and Rose) who rented the efficiency apartment in the basement of our home, which was also rented out. We lived an hour away due to my husband’s work.
We also owned a four-apartment building down the hill from the house.
Almost immediately after they moved in we received complaints about the couple from renters in the house and tenants in the apartment building. Allegedly, the husband had beat the wife, and she ran screaming down the hill to the apartment building and left bloody handprints on the wall of the inside corridor.
The violence disrupted the lives of the house tenant. One of them stayed up all night because they had heard threats of arson during the couple’s fighting.
“I’ll burn this house down like (more…)