Floating In Memories

January 19, 2010

Close your eyes and remember a trip to your grandmother’s house. Wait … hold on … don’t close them yet! Read the post first. I want you to do some visualizing, but I want you to know where we are going with it. You can even use this as a writing prompt, if you like. [...]

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Up In Smoke

August 17, 2009

Steve’s Barbecue, in Denton, was a colorful little place. You can tell that from the picture, even after the devastating fire that destroyed it. We fell in love with it on our wedding day. Oh, we had known it was there — Steve had been in business for twenty-three years, after all. The little shack [...]

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Amazing Visions Blog Carnival

March 22, 2009

[This is a guest post by my friend Damien Riley at Riley Central, who has a delightful writing prompt for you. I've asked him to tell you a bit about it, in the hopes that it will inspire you to join his blog carnival.] ******* Walt Disney had amazing vision, as did many special people [...]

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My Neck Of The Woods. Villa’s in Irving, Texas.

March 21, 2009

Most travelers would never see the old drugstore in downtown Irving. You have to search for what was once the “heart” of the city to find it. The Interstate Highways and our state highways are a marvelous way of getting from one place to another in a hurry (unless you are driving in rush hour). [...]

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Present: Tense, Past: Imperfect

October 12, 2008

I was the quintessential “Earth Mother.” Did any of y’all go through a phase like that? I’ve been remembering those days long ago, as the television news warns me of dire economic times ahead. It was the early 70s, and I had already missed my chance to be a “hippie.” In my conservative small town, [...]

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Anybody With Eyes In Their Head Would Know

June 24, 2008

Ordinarily, an optometrist appointment is not my idea of the social event of the season. On that day in 1981, it was definitely a highlight of my month. I had given birth to my second son just six weeks before, and had been cooped up at home since arriving home from the hospital. I was [...]

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Time Makes Me Cuckoo

September 26, 2007

Time makes me cuckoo. There is never enough time in my day to get everything done. Once in my life I was considered to be a very organized person. So much so, that I was asked to give seminars on the subject. Y’all get up off the floor and quit giggling! OK, the truth is [...]

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Say It In 7

July 4, 2007

The World According to Suz (who sadly no longer blogs) had a fun writing contest going on called “Say it in 7.” You were expected to write the world’s shortest story. Rules: Each story must have only 7 words. You may, however, add a “By” followed by a fake author’s name, if it adds something [...]

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Penny For Your Thoughts

April 23, 2007

Have y’all ever noticed how certain smells can trigger buried memories? As a storyteller, I often mention aromas that will help people connect to the story. Ponder that for a minute and you’ll know what I mean. Think of Vick’s VapoRub. If you’ve ever smelled it before, you can imagine it now. That may be [...]

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