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Hiding Places

By pwsadmin / January 2, 2023 / Comments Off

When 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…

Gas Station Voodoo

By pwsadmin / December 28, 2022 / Comments Off

I 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…

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…

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…

Treet

By pwsadmin / December 7, 2022 / Comments Off

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.…

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…

Knock On Wood

By pwsadmin / December 3, 2022 / Comments Off

Tonight I’ve been thinking about all the times I’ve been in the Hospital.Actually, I’m wondering how many times I’ve been Hospitalized. I’ve been in the O.R. over thirty times.Some years I got Hospitalized four times a year. Some years just twice.Then, I go a stretch of a few years without going to the Hospital. During…

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…