Friday’s Funny Memories #1
When my sister, Gina, and I were teenagers, an elderly couple from Maranatha Baptist Church picked us up on Wednesdays to take us to church. They were a wonderful couple Read More …
Category: Memoirs
#ThrowBack Thursday! 1985 Graduation.
1985 was a magical year. Graduating from Plainview High School was filled with bittersweet moments. In so many ways, we were ready to take on the world. In other ways, Read More …
Editing, Revisions, Oh My!
One thing I tell my English college students is: “Great writing comes through revisions and editing. Revisions are key and necessary.” A first draft is never great quality. It’s shouldn’t Read More …
Happy New Year! 2019 is here!
Welcome to 2019! With a new year, we often set goals we can never achieve, or after a few days of trying, we fall to the wayside and give up. Read More …
Farewell to 2018
2018 was an interesting year with a lot of wonderful events. The highlight of the year was the birth of our beautiful granddaughter. That’s something impossible to surpass. As for Read More …
Georgia Game Park
Many years ago, our father used to take us on this endless driving trips. Not vacations, necessarily, as we never spent enough time in one spot to be considered a Read More …
Cloudy Days, Clearer Mind
I’m not sure why my writing flows better on cloudy days than when the sky is blue. What should be dismal, depressive weather seems to inspire me. In 1985-86, while Read More …
Mrs. Morton
For twelve years, I rode the school bus to Plainview in Rainsville, Alabama. I never regretted the ride, even in high school because I understood that financially I was not Read More …
Toy Story
Almost everyone knows about the movie, Toy Story. While I know the story is purely fiction told from the toys’ point of view, the movie has some emotional bearings for Read More …
Home Alone
When my younger sister and I were growing up, we seldom had a babysitter. The philosophy seemed to be that children were in more danger staying with strangers than staying Read More …