Saturday, February 17, 2024
The Foto -- Part 7 -- The Whing-Ding
It was a glorious Friday Night Party. Everyone was happy and everyone was hoping, and hope in, itself, is what keeps life going. The contestants that had a quarter to enter, had signed up. The bets had been made on the entrants. The wives had been cooking all day. The musical instruments had been...
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Friday, February 16, 2024
The Foto -- Part 6 -- Moving Along
The Music, Dancing and Food was the easy part, especially and always for people in dire straits, low on dough, but wanting to have a good time. The women could whip up food dishes that tasted good even if they didn't have everything they needed. Hursey's Mom used to make vinegar pie when she didn't...
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
The Foto -- Part 5 - Anticipation
The oysters were ordered and the Flyers announcing the shindig were printed and Durell and Elvis Berry were out distributing them, putting them up all over town: Friday Night Shindig Town Park Music - Dancing - Pot Luck Oyster-Eating-Contest Contest Entrant Fee: twenty-five cents --Place your Bets...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
The Foto -- Part 4 - The Family Ostreidae.
Now, at this time, Hursey wasn't a kid without experience. He was a 30 year old man who had literally been CAFE cooking since he was five years old and he knew the business and he was good at it. What was holding him back at this time was "The Great Depression" and a little too much carousing. But,...
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
The Foto -- Part 3
Hursey did wish he had someone besides his two cousins on the Simpson side of the family. They were deadbeats and deadheads, slow witted and lazy. He could really use someone sharp and witty like his brother Arthol but his Mother would skin him alive if he got him in any kind of trouble after all...
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