life on the farm

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

Ellie (7)

Lora, Ellie's mother, was similar in height and build to Ellie, but lush was not a word that would ever be applied to her. She was slender, in a blunt, hard working manner. She carried herself taller than her 5' 5" height. Her glasses set on her face like a piece of equipment. Yet Lora had wit, a... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Ellie (6)

Joss had noticed Ellie. She was thin, if she stood sideways and stuck out her tongue, she could be mistaken for a zipper, but there was something about her. A promise of lush womanhood; spunk that would stand up to life and look it square in the eye. Something. He started looking for her around the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Ellie (5)

Ellie was scared now, wondering what she had started. The girl had never experienced so powerful a positive emotion. The only thing she had ever felt as strongly was her fear of snakes. The feeling Joss gave her was very similar to the way she felt when one of her uncles tormented her with snakes;... Sign in to see full entry.

Ellie (4)

Ellie spent a week or two just watching Joss. He wasn't real tall, maybe 5' 10'. He was good looking in swarthy kind of way, Ellie had learned that phrase in a romance novel. His black hair and dark brown eyes went well with his not always ready smile. One day Ellie caught Joss looking back at her... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Ellie (3)

That week at school, Ellie began her search in earnest. She wasn't especially interested in boys, nor sex, not surprising given her circumstances. Yet, she had formulated this plan, knew it would work, and was going to follow through with it. Ellie studied and discarded each boy in her classroom.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Ellie (2)

Ellie knew that getting pregnant would be a bad thing to anyone living outside of her life. Only her mother would recognize her bid for freedom, if the woman cared to look at her second daughter for any longer than it took to bark an order. Mary, four years older, was the darling girl, acquiescent,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Ellie

Elllie decided when she was fourteen that she would find herself a boyfriend, get pregnant so they'd have to get married, and move out of her mother's house once and for all. The girl was just plain tired of having to fight off her mother's boyfriends. Ellie was a pretty girl, slim with steel blue... Sign in to see full entry.

town meeting

Today was our town meeting and there was quite a large turn out. It was interesting to hear the warrant articles and what various members had to say about them. Our fire department and transfer station both turned money back to the town. YEAH! The school system and 9-1-1 dispatch center both asked... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

writers network

I went to a writers network meeting this week. It was my first time, and I was nervous about going. To be sure, I was in a great state of anticipation, but also quite anxious. Another first step along the road to being recognized as a writer. Of course, I was the first to share a piece of writing.... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Riding horses

My ten year old daughter rides, and it getting quite good. Today she went back to Friendship Stables to ride again. Despite not having been on horse since Christmas, she looked really good! Even when the horse spooked and tried to shake her loose, she stuck like a burr, gained the upper hand and... Sign in to see full entry.

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