Down at the county seat, the hearing room seats 20, and 40 people showed up. Marvin and Marjorie Pincus looked around at all their friends and neighbors. All they saw were smiles. Marvin held a large envelope with his business license in it. Of course, the college degree was the real sticking point. He sighed [...]
Pop had learned to waltz back when more people did it, and the decades had smoothed his dance steps with the fine sanding of time. It was a pleasure for Mrs. Doc to go around the floor with him.
A Village of West Jefferson employee faced a lifesaving situation, not once but twice last week.
I am not sure of where I am headed but it looks like a new direction caused by the paint or the person or a combination of both.
Sometimes I write by candlelight and it is symbolic, but tonight, that’s not the case. The electricity has been out for about two hours now. We don’t realize how much we miss something until it’s not working or gone entirely. We have become so dependent on our modern way of life, yet, so many have [...]
Yes, I do find a hiding place between the walls of my studio. I have several comfortable chairs there and a TV which I rarely use. I have radios also, but again, I rarely use them. I go to the studio to work or think in the quiet. My studio is filled with many unfinished [...]
Delbert McLain dropped in at the Mule Barn truck stop yesterday for a quick cup. He was wearing his usual suit and tie, despite the heat. Usually Delbert does his coffee drinking and socializing out at the country club where the business guys go. We’ve been there, and the chairs don’t fit as well. For [...]
It all began when old man Ortega’s rooster disappeared. He reported it to the police, of course, who thought this neighborhood alarm clock finally met with a dissatisfied customer and was now cradled in dumplings. The police said as much to Ortega, and the old man wanted to know what the police were going to [...]
