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Stool pigeons at the courthouse: ‘Shake a Tale Feather’
“So you folks want to remarry after 15 years?” asked the gum-smacking counter clerk with perky blond stiff-sprayed hair of the couple standing before her. “You got your original divorce papers?” I’d […]
Marriage is a dance that takes two; sometimes the gyrations go the other way
Walk into the scene: Thanksgiving buffet at a resort hotel. Two guys sitting next to me. The Danish guy was pithily opining to his younger guy friend. I was about to head […]
My grandmother drove a 1948 Lincoln until Daddy took it away
Grandmother Mabel drove a 1948 Lincoln until the crisis came. She drove through the new red lights in downtown by blowing her horn. “That should be enough for them to get out […]
Did he really say that? Yeah, he really did
Once upon a time not so long ago, unfortunately, I heard an elected official say, “We need to move out everybody over 55 to make room for the young people.” Yes, he […]
Seeking a guy with a pet rat on a leash?
When you’re in a hurry at an I-55 rest stop in Mississippi, nothing gets in your way. But I closed my car door a little more slowly as I watched a […]
Intriguing sci-fi: When an author creates a great premise and fulfills it in his book
I have this great author I know well — my spouse and partner in life, Jesse Hillman. Back when we dated 27 years ago, he shared his sci-fi romance novella with me […]
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