The white tail deer pelt was there in Miss June's shop. Her son-in-law said all the money for the pelt would go to Miss June. The pelt has the mark where the bullet entered its side. The meat was eaten. It was shot for the food, not for the pelt or the lamp stand. The handiwork needed buyers.
Anne could hardly comprehend it. But great aunt Ethel with all her faults would have said, "it", Whatever was wrong with Sam, has a name. I got wrangled into Sam's behaviors in 1975 to the extent I swore out papers for his committal, and got stuck with the $100 fee with the county which turned … Continue reading Loose Thoughts Series: I was stunned, he was dyslexic and severely traumatized from it.
For 20 years, we watched the "sugar" being shared like it was a good thing. I remember one Christmas and Dai said, if they have sugar for breakfast again, I will not spend the day with them. But he did not get his wish and would not leave me alone with psychotic rams.
I write about Alabama with calm, but I have never been truly calm inside, writing about Alabama. Like about my great aunt. I didn't "see" her until I was in my 20s. Until then I didn't see much at all of one side of life. I write about her and her sister -- my grandmother … Continue reading The Soup Kitchens
Update - she has died. Additional updates below. This is what I wrote before she died: For no other reason than meanness. I got to hear her voice and she was so sad about not having a way to communicate with all her family and friends. She had talked with and visited with her friends … Continue reading Loose Thoughts Series: The last time…
Cherie Lynn's Herstory 