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The day of the “big” hurricane, the one we had always feared, was upon us. She was ‘a comin!! My in-laws, plus granny, descended on my house like a herd of migrant workers. The next thing I knew, granny was filling every bottle in the house with water; I’m not kidding – we had to clear a path to get from the kitchen to the living room. Next, she scrubbed the tub and filled it, too. Oh,...

I don’t see it as my business to tell other people what to do, but it is hard to be quiet when I notice that what needs to be done isn’t being done right and so sometimes I do put in my two cents whether it is appreciated or not. Like when I told my husband Johnny Bob that he was re-doing the roof on our shed all wrong – I spoke right up and yelled out, “you don’t know what in the hell...

Wonder what Congressman Joe Wilson yelled out when he heard about Caster Semenya's private parts?...

She stood motionless in the dark shadows, her heart pounding so hard she was sure he’d hear its thump, thump, thump. She was bathed in sweat, and her hair clung to her head in a wet, humid mass. Her clothes were damp and wrinkled, and her breath smelled of vodka and cigarettes. Clarice knew that Walter had had enough – she had gone too far. She knew it was only a matter of time until he found...

I made a fool of myself when I was 9 years old. (It has happened many times since then.) Here’s my story: I was at 4H camp in Ocala, Florida for a week. The counselors decided that we would have a talent show that everyone (as in several hundred campers if I remember correctly, but it was probably more like 50) would attend. Anyway, eager to put my talents on display, I said yes right away when...

Once again the strange and mysterious has come back to haunt me.Yesterday morning I was getting ready for work about to brush my teeth when I heard something running. I couldn't put my finger on what it was so I went out to investigate the noise. It almost sounded like water running. My hubby had gone fishing that afternoon so I was thinking he hadn't turned the water off after rinsing the salt...

No one refused his offer. At least that‘s what she was told by Pete, the nightclub manager. Refusing any offer by a member of his New York crime family was unheard of. She was so naïve, barely off the train from the south and only 22 years old, unsophisticated in the ways of the big city. She complained to Pete that she didn’t want to join this guy in his limo outside the club. He...