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A Rememberance
I pull my car into the parking lot behind our elementary school every day. Well, except for weekends, of course. I normally do not pay attention to my surroundings as I gather my little teacher bag,...
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Chicken Scratch
My grandma Orpha had chicken scratch handwriting. Well, that’s what my mom called it. “I can’t read this recipe…Crazy chicken scratch.” I didn’t know what that really meant at the time. My mom was...
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Vicks Vapor Rub: The Eucalyptus Wonder in a Blue Jar
I have laryngitis. So, at bedtime, I rubbed a generous amount of Vicks Vapor Rub on my throat and under my nose and went to bed. Ahhhhh. I love this stuff. So, I am thinking that it is probably bad for...
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One Order of Dandelion Coming Right Up
I couldn’t leave things alone when I was little. I couldn’t sit still and I couldn’t quit thinking and asking questions. So, yeah, ok, maybe I was a bit hyper. I guess the Cricket moniker was...
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Picky Picky Vickie
I was the pickiest child in the whole world. And if I didn’t want to eat something, there was nothing my mother could do to get me to eat it. It wasn’t going to happen. You could plop a new puppy with...
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Spiked Punch
I really loved being in high school during the 1970′s. It was a great time. I went to Brooke High School in Wellsburg, West Virginia. The school had a large population for our area, so the school was...
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Happy Father’s Day, Elwood
My dad was a remarkable man. At least I think so. He died in 1989 when his heart basically blew up. He was in his truck and managed to pull over where paramedics were called. And so was I. I rushed to...
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The Writing Bug
Well, school is out and I have decided to work all summer on writing my first book, Jumping in Mud Puddles: A Memoir of a Picky, Hyper Big Fat Liar. Something like this but not really I have wanted to...
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Travels with Atticus the Cat
I just got back from taking my son to the Dulles airport. I wrote earlier that Adam was moving to Tbilisi, Georgia, which is pretty far from West Virginia. And he decided to take his cat, Atticus, with...
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Wipe Out
When I began teaching full time, I was 51 years old. I previously stayed at home with my two children and as they began high school started as a substitute teacher. I was excited to get the fourth...
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I Just Wrote a Damn Book
I am beside myself. My book, Jumping in Mud Puddles, just went live on Amazon. This is my literary debut, so I really don’t know what the hell I am doing. I do want to mention to anyone who is...
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Dwindling Critters
Photograph of a Green Frog en ( Rana clamitans en ). Photo taken at the Tyler Arboretum. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I was young, there were always smashed frogs in the middle of the road in front...
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Free Book Today
My literary debut, Jumping in Mud Puddles is free for download today, Thursday, July 12, through Amazon. If you don’t have a Kindle, don’t worry. It can be downloaded to your iPad, iPhone or even your...
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Que Hora Es? Es La Una!
I learned Spanish when I was in first through third grades. It’s always fun to throw in a new language when you are still trying to figure out what the hell a vowel and a consonant are in English....
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Sylvester Cat Soaky Bubble Bath Time
Foghorn Leghorn (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I was young I am pretty sure that the tv commercials were directed right at me. Now, you have to understand that we only had three channels on our tv set....
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Two Books and Seven Pounds Later
I just cranked out my second book. I finished my first book on July 7 and have been working on this one ever since. I didn’t get to go to the beach this summer, so I concentrated on my writing. This...
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SongPop
It’s really easy to get me addicted to new things. After my divorce, my friends talked me into coming over to Facebook….to farm. I did. Farmville kept me up late at night. Well, someone had to harvest...
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The Dumb Row
I remember being so nervous when I started fourth grade. I had spent my first three years of school at a private school in Wintersville, Ohio, that was run by a coven of sadistic nuns. (Notice that...
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Reform This
Map of West Virginia counties (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The governor of West Virginia, Earl Ray Tomlin, introduced Senate Bill 359, an educational reform bill, which will be voted on soon. Teachers...
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The Time Change and Church
English: The face of a black windup alarm clock (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For those of you who follow my blog, you know tomorrow is my least favorite day of the year. I’ve surely written enough about...
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