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Christmas 1920

By pwsadmin / December 24, 2022 / Comments Off

—Christmas – 1920— It’s Christmas Eve. The year is 1920, and many families are going into town to buy the Christmas tree they will put in the house. Many families will decorate the tree with strands of popcorn using thread and a needle.They will wrap the tree with colored ropes such as red, green, and…

Pizza and Stories

By pwsadmin / December 22, 2022 / Comments Off

I spent the day writing a story for my book. The book may not get published, but I’ll still have it made into a book and give it to my Nieces and nephews, some family members, and friends. Mom and Papa visited my Aunt and Uncle—Papa’s sister and brother-in-law—and I stayed behind with the girls.…

The Break-Up

By pwsadmin / December 19, 2022 / Comments Off

I was around 9. “Get your ammo and come on!” my brother said. “Where we goin’?” “Tanya’s house. She broke up with me.” And I knew exactly what was about to go down. I grabbed my “Bag of ammo:” a brown paper bag full of Bottle Rockets, Fire Crackers, and Roman Candles, and followed the…

COVID

By pwsadmin / December 14, 2022 / Comments Off

I wanted to wait until after I talked to my doctor to tell you this, but I do have COVID. I’ve been to so many “Get-togethers” that it could have been any one of those gatherings.I’ve not had COVID before now. So, I’m a bit scared.I mean, I have Spina Bifida, Diabetes, a Colostomy, and…

Warehouse 319 – Christmas Lunch

By pwsadmin / December 10, 2022 / Comments Off

Yesterday I made my way over to “Warehouse 319” in Jasper, Alabama. I was meeting some friends for a Christmas Luncheon and was looking forward to giving them some Snowglobes.I had brought every Snowglobe I’d made and was going to let each friend go through them all and pick out the one they wanted. —The…

Lou

By pwsadmin / December 5, 2022 / Comments Off

“Lou.” That was his name.We met in Kindergarten and quickly became best friends. I didn’t tell him about my Spina Bifida or about my Diaper, which made “Spend the Nights” a bit tricky. Our home was around Eight Hundred Square Feet with a Bathroom the size of most people’s closets. And we only had one…

Ground Zero Blues Club – Clarksdale Ms

By pwsadmin / November 30, 2022 / Comments Off

—Last Stop——Ground Zero Blues Club— After seeing the Grave of Blues Legend “Robert Johnson,” going to “The Crossroads,” and learning more about “The Blues” than I ever knew, it was time to listen to some Blues. Real Blues. “Ground Zero,” located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, is known World-Wide for its Blues Music.Ground Zero is Owned by…

Thanksgiving Eve 2022

By pwsadmin / November 23, 2022 / Comments Off

—Thanksgiving Eve 2022— For this Thanksgiving, 2022, I’ve Baked two Pecan Pies.I’m usually the “Ice and Cups” bringer. Not this year, though. Every man should know how to make at least one pie, and the one I learned to make is Pecan. I’ve got the recipe perfected, too. —Listen at me bragging…— But, if you…

Thanksgiving Shopping

By pwsadmin / November 22, 2022 / Comments Off

The Local Piggly Wiggly.We simply call it “The Pig.” Mom put together a list of grocery items needed for Thanksgiving. We had thought that Thanksgiving was going to be ruined this year due to Mom’s Shingles but knock on wood, she has recovered and is doing well, and lots of people are helping her out…

Sheet-Out-Boy

By pwsadmin / November 14, 2022 / Comments Off

When I was a teenager, I worked as the “Sheet-out-boy” at a local Pizza place.In other words, I took a ball of Dough, dropped it into the top of this rolling machine, and it would flatten the Dough and roll it out like a flat sheet of paper.I’d then stretch that flattened Dough out more…