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Marilyn Monroe look alike, where are you my joe dimaggio?Recent Entries
Construction&king Kong the Psycho
Contractor arrived this morning, still working on the house. No matter what he does or doesn't do, I don't complain because contractors are very scarc... read more
Grandfather Graybeards & Roses
Utterly gorgeous day here in the Deep South! The violent tornado systems in Tennessee were far to the north of us. Here we've had day after day of 70... read more
Easter Egg House
One of the resolutions I made to myself if I survived Katrina was to brighten the place where I live. My house is rather drab, as the original owner h... read more
The Invisible People
There are quite a few Hispanic/Latino people living in South Mississippi . Years ago they were hired to pick farm crops. Some came and went, while oth... read more
Lana Turner
In between doing loads of laundry, I had the television on to the Turner Classic Movie channel as background noise. Great old movie was on, "The Postm... read more
Fried Eggs and Telephones
Hattiesburg Mississippi is 35 miles north of where I live, and is the largest city in our part of the Deep South. It's normal population is around 40,... read more
A Beautiful Day
Last night was chilly enough for two quilts, but morning dawned into one of those gorgeous days poets write about. Cloudless blue sky, air clean and c... read more
The Hollering Woman
Note: This is a true story. Some people and place names have been obfuscated.Over 100 years ago, The Mississippi Pine Belt was a beehive of activity a... read more
Cuckoo's Nest
Besides the three months in New Orleans to study pediatrics and communicable disease, we nursing students were later sent for three months to study ps... read more
Black Habits
When I was in RN training, we were sent for three months to Charity Hospital in New Orleans to study pediatrics and communicable diseases.I was the gr... read more
