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Cool Whip For The Soul

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Drop a bit more Cool whip on there for me, will ya?” Granny held out her plate of half-eaten pound cake in my direction. “I’ll bring it out here,” I said getting up and heading to the kitchen from the screened porch. “You don’t want to open that out here,” she nagged at me. We [...]

Grandmeme

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A year ago, two of Granny’s girlfriends joined her for a little birthday brunch. How things can change in 365 days. One friend is now on lock down in assisted living. The other has passed away. But the African Violet I gave Granny is thriving and now three times the size it was. Today, Granny [...]

Sleepless In The Smokies

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

I sleep next to the window. I don’t know whether its because I can look up into the sky at night or that I look up into the sky at night because I sleep next to the window. Either way, I sleep next to the window. And I always have. I think that when I [...]