Stories
I’ve been listening to “Tom Sawyer” on Audible and reading “Catcher In The Rye” on paperback.So, it’s no wonder I’ve been reflecting on my Childhood and reminiscing. Hearing about “Tom Sawyer” and the H-E-Double Hockey Stick he put his Aunt through brings to mind us three boys and our Mom. At any given time, I…
Read More—One Friday Night— Life is so much easier without alcohol in it.It’s important for you to know that I no longer drink. Being born with Spina Bifida is hard. Life is hard—mine and yours.As I’ve said in other posts, I couldn’t have “sex.” My body does not produce the sperm needed to create a child,…
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, everything was new, fresh, and, a lot of times, scary. When I got scared, I had several “Hiding Places.”One of my hiding spots was my bedroom closet. We had shelves in our closet and had made a small “Club House” in it.It had a sleeping bag and pillows inside as…
Read MoreI drove down to the gas station today and got some juicy information. Not gossip. I’m not too fond of gossip. The manager told me that she went out to the gas pumps and found “Voodoo,” um, paraphernalia. Would you call it “paraphernalia?”I asked what she had found, and she said it was a Chicken…
Read More—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…
Read MoreI 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.…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreYesterday 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…
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Yesterday, 12/6/2022.—A Video Appointment with one of my Doctors. “Hey, Lynn. Are you ready for our video appointment?” “Yeah. We have to make it thirty today, doc. I can’t give ya a whole hour.” “What’s wrong?” “Ever heard of ‘Treet?’” “Treat?” “No. Treet. T-R-E-E-T” “What’s that?” “I thought it was like ‘Spam,’ but it ain’t.…
Read More“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…
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