A moment when my dignity took a fall happened a few years back. It all started like this: my family and I went out to eat at a popular restaurant after church. Other people had the same idea so we had to put our name on a waiting list for a table. Along one side […]
Nov 3, 2025
The Older I Get
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The older I get, ..the more I value family and friends and life and the less concerned I am about surface stuff, …the more I appreciate old values, old friends, old remedies to ills, physical and emotional, and spiritual. …the more I want to hug my loved ones …the more I see humor in inconsequential […]
Nov 2, 2025
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My friend Peg asked for the next installment of the Miss Tootsie mystery. So, OK Peg, here it is: A cold prickle of fear ran down Miss Tootsie’s back. What had disturbed Cocoa? What did the little dog hear or smell? Should she waken the others? Had Cocoa heard an owl or a coyote […]
Oct 28, 2025
A Noise in the Night
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This is an excerpt from my current work in progress: Miss Tootsie glanced at the three women who sat in front of the fireplace with her. The blaze had died down and although it still put out some warmth, they were all three wrapped in quilts or afghans. The chill Miss Tootsie felt seemed […]
Oct 26, 2025
National Pumpkin Day
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So now, this is National Pumpkin Day. Honestly! There’s a day for everything, isn’t there, even the lowly pumpkin. But, wait. Is the pumpkin really so lowly? As it turns out, pumpkins have a lot of food value. They’re good for you! (And for me.) Read about the benefits of eating pumpkins. Unless, for some […]
