Saturday, December 19, 2009
Bob, Bob, Bobsledding Along
You could have said I was in love with Jim Bob Collins back in those days, except for the fact that I was nine and he was eighteen. He came from the country now and then for a visit, and that winter he came to stay in the city for the season with his much older sister and her family which included...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Winter Wonderland Everywhere
Kubasta Winter Scenes Postcards For arm-chair travelers everywhere, a trip to Kubasta’s winter wonderland Children in bright red sleds and bright clothes are greeted by the postman with a letter; three ice fisherman and their dog eagerly at a fishing hole; two hockey players cause a friend—and his...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
It Was Miss Dooley, In The Solarium, With The Ruler
She was ramrod-straight, chin up, head held high and crowned with two thick braids coiled precisely in the same way, every day. I would sit at my desk with the inkwell and the pencil groove, and stare at her through a tiny hole that I had made in my Weekly Reader that I held in front of my face. I...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
A Hoarder Named Bea
...I never knew her name, never talked to her, until the day she was mugged. She carried her purse clutched in her left arm against her breast with the strap over her shoulder. I was driving down the street behind her when I was horrified to see a young man run up behind her and try to grab her...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
Naked Or Hatless?
Countless black women would rather attend church naked than hatless. ~ Maya Angelou Even before she was my daughter-in-law, she started to come to church with my son. She was a spiffy dresser, and was always topped off with a lovely (and interesting) hat. She was very noticeable in a...
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