My son and I had gone to Michigan and were bringing my mom and her things back home to Alabama because she was going to live with us. He was driving a U Hall truck and my mom and I were following in my car. All went well until in Nashville, Tennessee the traffic was...
As a Senior citizen, I often think back to my childhood and the way we improvised, to compensate for lack of money. I smile when I remember the things my brothers and sisters and I did for snacks, so many years ago. It was during the years of the great depression and...
It was night and time for bed when I decided to go into the kitchen for a glass of milk before retiring. When I snapped on the light, much to my horror something strange scooted across the counter top. It looked a little bit like a large bug or a butterfly. It moved...
One Wednesday morning I received an unusual wish from a friend in an E-mail that said “ I hope you are having a happy “hump day". I guess the reasons that hump day fits are because by Wednesday we are over the hump and well into the week’s activity. It reminded me of...
It was an otherwise normal day and things were going along fine until the phone rang, and I heard fear and panic in the voice on the other end. When she said, “The woods are on fire!“, I knew there was cause for alarm. Now that might not have been quite as frightening...
I remember well the day I came into the New York aiort from a trip overseas. I faced the baggage checkers knowing I had lost the key to my suitcase. Just ahead of me they had allowed some people to pass on through but as I followed them a very stern looking clerk...