Category: Humor

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28.11.2023

The Reluctant Gardener

/ Humor, Nature, Writer's Journal

After years of resisting gardening because I know little about it, I have finally given in. There is…

5

12.05.2022

“Baby” on the Dirt Road: Recalling My Mother’s Grit

/ Deep South Stories, Humor, Writer's Journal

     We are traveling a red clay road in dry September. Dust roils though the car windows. We…

7

18.04.2022

As the Blade Turns: The Zen of Lawn Mower Repair

/ Humor, Writer's Journal

Spring has brought the usual tasks-and kept me away from writing. There are the usual lawn treatments to…

7

19.12.2021

A Compact Calamity in Our 1951 Henry J

/ Deep South Stories, Humor, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal

                                             Baby at the Wheel We are traveling a red-clay road through September-dry farmland. My mother (we…

6

08.12.2021

Atlanta Confidential: Christmas Catastrophy Unfolds As My Aunts Are Tossed Out of the South’s Finest Department Store

/ Deep South Stories, Humor, Writer's Journal

(Note: I have many new readers and am continuing to repost some of my favorite earlier publications and…

0

06.12.2021

Our Labradore “Peachie” and the Great Wall

/ For the Love of Labs: Our Labrador Retrievers Peachie, Emily, and Tiny Lab, Humor, Writer's Journal

Christmas is a great time to have a dog or to receive a dog as a gift. Our…

6

05.11.2021

A Pardon for the Confederate Turkey!

/ Deep South Stories, Humor, Writer's Journal

We have all watched the scene dozens of times in TV reruns of the film Gone with the…

5

07.10.2021

Mystery Roots of Emily the Lab

/ For the Love of Labs: Our Labrador Retrievers Peachie, Emily, and Tiny Lab, Humor, Uncategorized, Writer's Journal

To refresh your memory, we lost our dignified and beautiful “Peachie” the Lab two years ago. Peachie had…

4

30.09.2021

Invasion of the Giant Spiders

/ Deep South Stories, For the Love of Labs: Our Labrador Retrievers Peachie, Emily, and Tiny Lab, Humor

When I was a boy, the typical fare at the theaters (remember those places where we used to…

2

08.01.2021

Why Do I Love You, Scarlett?

/ Deep South Stories, For the Love of Labs: Our Labrador Retrievers Peachie, Emily, and Tiny Lab, Humor, Uncategorized

 I swear I cannot walk by a TV when Gone with the Wind is playing. Maybe it is…

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