Monday, June 29, 2020
Durell Exposé (Part 3)
Seventy-eight years have passed since the night I first heard the name, Durell, and I really don't know much more now than I did then. I've never seen a photo of him, never heard anyone talking about him. Only Grandma's tears have ever said to me that someone knew him, and cared. How sad is that? On...
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Who Was Durell? (Part 2)
Daddy was not the kind of person that one questioned unless one was in search of knowledge of the educational sort. He hated anything that smacked of gossip. I would not have dared to ask him, "Daddy, who was that man that knocked on the door and why did you give him money?" And, it never occurred...
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Sunday, June 28, 2020
What Happened To Durell?
There's never been a murder in my family.....not that I know of. But there has always been some doubt about what happened to Durell. When I was very small, maybe about five years old, there was a late night knock at the door. I was already in bed, and my bed was a Duofold in the living room because...
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Saturday, June 27, 2020
Great-Grandma Still Drives
I got my new Drivers License in the mail today. The picture on it (my picture) is pitiful. It has to be the female version of The Sad Sack when she finallly gave up the ghost and is just waiting to fly away. Oh well, at least one doesn't have to show it very often. Actually, the last time I was...
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Monday, June 22, 2020
Not Me and Mine, butt...
Celebration of 25 years of marriage is a fun experience and time of celebrating. No this is not me butt.... Yes, we were still doing things like this at that age of our marriage, though soon after things began to rob us of our joyful existence. Well, not exactly things...more like thing. It was a...
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