Star Spangled Cat By Blanche Day Manos “What?” I screeched. “Go to sea? Are you crazy?” Every one of my gray and white hairs stood straight up. Reggie laughed. “You look like a bottle brush, old chap,” he said. “You’ll love the ocean!” Nay! I decidedly would not love the ocean. I hate water. I […]
Jun 13, 2025
Friday Thoughts
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This is a cloudy day when the weather can’t seem to make up its mind whether to rain or just remain murky. I’m watching a curious cardinal just outside my living room window. He’s fascinated by the grape vine growing up the porch support. I wonder if he finds tiny insects or maybe tender vines […]
Jun 11, 2025
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
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It was a dark and stormy afternoon. Rain beat against the deck. Lightning flashed and thunder rattled the windows. Within the dining room, four women sat around an antique dining table, sipping coffee and munching chocolate. They spoke in hushed voices, almost as if they were afraid they would be overheard although they were the […]
Jun 9, 2025
Pretty Well Blessed
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As I get older, I think about “the good old days” and the way things used to be. In the second Etta book, Remembering Etta Bend, I included remembrances of two of Ma and Pappy Latty’s children, Georgia Latty Cochran and my mother, Susie Latty Day. As I’m sure they would agree, they were pretty well […]
Jun 7, 2025
I Wonder Why
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Sometimes, I try to figure people out. Do you? I wonder why somebody said or did something, especially something troubling. Do you know anybody who really likes to make you feel guilty about something you may or may not have said or done? I’ll admit to being an armchair psychologist at times. It’s fun up […]
