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She sat up and tried her wings . " They are sound . Great is truth in my own country , but in this dingy England it is at a discount , and lies are at a premium . " AR down in the forest , where the warm sun and the fresh air made a sweet resting - place , grew a pretty little fir - tree ; and yet it was not happy , it wished so much to be tall like its companions - the pines and firs which grew around it . The sun shone , and the soft air fluttered its leaves , and the little peasant children passed by , prattling merrily , but the fir - tree heeded them not . Sometimes the children would bring a large basket of raspberries or strawberries , wreathed on a straw , and seat themselves near the fir - tree , and say , " Is it not a pretty little tree ? " which made it feel more unhappy than b
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efore . And yet all this while the tree grew a notch or joint taller every year ; for by the number of joints in the stem of a fir - tree we can discover its age . Still , as it grew , it complained , " Oh ! how I wish I were as tall as the other trees , then I would spread out my branches on every side , and my top would over - look the wide world . I should have the birds building their nests on my boughs , and when the wind blew , I should bow with stately dignity like my tall companions . " The tree was so discontented , that it took no pleasure in the warm sunshine , the birds , or the rosy clouds that floated over it morning and evening . Sometimes , in winter , when the snow lay white and glittering on the ground , a hare would come springing along , and jump right over the little t |
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The strangest thing happened today . I could hardly believe it . My Mom went out to the store this afternoon , and when she got back home , she started to fry BACON . Can you believe it ? I was shocked . Since I have lived with her , I have never , I say NEVER , seen her fry bacon . I really couldn 't figure out what was going on . Here 's a photo of the bacon . I tried like crazy to get up onto the counter and wrap my mouth around some pieces of that bacon , but I was just not tall enough . Now , my brother Jim , has a beagle named , Lucy . You wouldn 't believe how clever she is . She has been known to jump up onto the counter and eat butter , if there is nothing better to eat . I need to take some lessons from Lucy . Anyway , my Mom then took out her food processor and , along with the
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bacon , she put some other ingredients in that . Then I suddenly remembered . Mom had promised me that she would get the ingredients she needed to make some cookies from the Bubba Rose cookie book . That 's what she was doing . Boy am I lucky . I can always count on Mom to do what she says she is going to do . Not all humans are like that . There are some out there who lie and say they are going to do something , and then they don 't . I 'm so happy to have my Mommy . So , pretty soon she had a pile of dough in her food processor . Then she used a rolling pin and rolled out the dough . She cut the dough up , and it looked like this . She had used her Mother 's old biscuit cutter and then cut each piece into fours . Here they are after they came out of the oven . Then after a little while , |
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The strangest thing happened today . I could hardly believe it . My Mom went out to the store this afternoon , and when she got back home , she started to fry BACON . Can you believe it ? I was shocked . Since I have lived with her , I have never , I say NEVER , seen her fry bacon . I really couldn 't figure out what was going on . Here 's a photo of the bacon . I tried like crazy to get up onto the counter and wrap my mouth around some pieces of that bacon , but I was just not tall enough . Now , my brother Jim , has a beagle named , Lucy . You wouldn 't believe how clever she is . She has been known to jump up onto the counter and eat butter , if there is nothing better to eat . I need to take some lessons from Lucy . Anyway , my Mom then took out her food processor and , along with the
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bacon , she put some other ingredients in that . Then I suddenly remembered . Mom had promised me that she would get the ingredients she needed to make some cookies from the Bubba Rose cookie book . That 's what she was doing . Boy am I lucky . I can always count on Mom to do what she says she is going to do . Not all humans are like that . There are some out there who lie and say they are going to do something , and then they don 't . I 'm so happy to have my Mommy . So , pretty soon she had a pile of dough in her food processor . Then she used a rolling pin and rolled out the dough . She cut the dough up , and it looked like this . She had used her Mother 's old biscuit cutter and then cut each piece into fours . Here they are after they came out of the oven . Then after a little while , |
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Would you like one of my books completely free ? Of course you would . All you have to do is to sign up for my newsletter ( opposite or below ) and when you receive this month 's copy ( June 2012 ) you will receive an exclusive coupon to download one of my books for FREE ! Every month in my newsletter there are exclusive articles and offers , so what are you waiting for ? Now is your chance . Don 't delay , the newsletter goes out on June 1st and if you 're not on the distribution list then you 'll be too late . Also in this month 's newsletter is the final part of my online novella , Ryann , another newsletter exclusive . So why do I say I want to scream ? Well it 's just that sometimes there aren 't enough hours in the day to do everything . Actually it 's not sometimes , it 's every day
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. And I 'm weary . Very weary . This last year has been a non - stop roller - coaster of emotions , and hard work . I 've released countless books , written more , reviewed several , blogged to excess , twittered myself to death , and I wish I could do something about my marketing . It 's still not good enough . I 'm still not good enough . I want to outsource it , and I 've even tried , but so many people out there who say they can market are merely reprobates and con - artists . Am I being harsh and unfair ? I don 't think so . I 'm not a young and gullible person . I am a mature and well - seasoned business executive . I have worked hard to get to where I am today . And yet . . . Wow , that was a nice little rant and I should feel a little better for it . I just wish it actually change |
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Would you like one of my books completely free ? Of course you would . All you have to do is to sign up for my newsletter ( opposite or below ) and when you receive this month 's copy ( June 2012 ) you will receive an exclusive coupon to download one of my books for FREE ! Every month in my newsletter there are exclusive articles and offers , so what are you waiting for ? Now is your chance . Don 't delay , the newsletter goes out on June 1st and if you 're not on the distribution list then you 'll be too late . Also in this month 's newsletter is the final part of my online novella , Ryann , another newsletter exclusive . So why do I say I want to scream ? Well it 's just that sometimes there aren 't enough hours in the day to do everything . Actually it 's not sometimes , it 's every day
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. And I 'm weary . Very weary . This last year has been a non - stop roller - coaster of emotions , and hard work . I 've released countless books , written more , reviewed several , blogged to excess , twittered myself to death , and I wish I could do something about my marketing . It 's still not good enough . I 'm still not good enough . I want to outsource it , and I 've even tried , but so many people out there who say they can market are merely reprobates and con - artists . Am I being harsh and unfair ? I don 't think so . I 'm not a young and gullible person . I am a mature and well - seasoned business executive . I have worked hard to get to where I am today . And yet . . . Wow , that was a nice little rant and I should feel a little better for it . I just wish it actually change |
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The wind hit him like a brick wall , as he opened the door . He sniffed in , filling his lungs with the luke - warm desert air and ventured on outside . The loudness of the party became a muttered noise behind him , when the door was closed with a considerable force . Before it banged shut , Robert heard a faint " Close the door , jackass ! " . He stopped a few meters away , just by the outline of the light emitting from the house . The boom from inside still hung in his head , as he tried to lit a cigarette , but gave up after a few tries with his trusty sidekick , zippo . Even it could not defy the might of the whining wind , the element of some forgotten God or Goddess . The booming slowly disappeared from his head and was replaced by the high pitched wind rustling in the trees . Robert
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pocketed the zippo , put the cigarette behind his ear and looked around him . He had no idea how he came to this place , where it was located , what time of year it was or just about any other normal thing most people should know . The sand suggested somewhere in the desert , the heat that it might be summer or that he is in a weird part of the country ( but which , he wondered ) and the wind hinted that a high pressure hit a low pressure and shit is about to hit the fan . Despite the mass input of alcohol and pretty much any other substance that could be chemically made , Robert was in a pretty sound state of mind . The wind did not know him on his feet , no matter how hard it tried . Robert turned around so the wind was on his back , put a finger down his throat and vomited Hard . The w |
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If only decorating the tree was as easy as this simple painting . The first thing I do is assemble my large imitation tree . I help my husband as he places the color - coded branches in their respective spaces on the pole , which eventually becomes an evergreen - shaped plastic object . Once the branches are in place , I go around the tree spreading out the small boughs like lettuce leaves , so they are available to hang ornaments . Next I go for the lights ! This year I am using the larger colored bulbs for a more old - fashioned look . As I struggle unwinding the cords , my husband says : No , because I am OCD . ( Doctors say this means Obsessive - Compulsive Disorder , but I say it means Overly Concerned Dunce ) . I can 't accept help because I need to have all the lights spaced evenly
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around the tree with no two lights of the same color next to each other . No one else seems to have the patience or concern to do that . And if they do , they always make a mistake and I have to do it over . And if you are a mental health practitioner , yes I am in therapy ! Unfortunately , I am that way with the ornaments too , so the next day I drag out the old foot - locker that has held our Christmas decorations for the last 20 years . It is always fun to open it , because years ago I glued a giant picture of Santa 's face on the inside , and he greets me with a big smile . I can 't help it . I always smile back and giggle . I begin routing around for ornaments , pulling out the larger glass balls first , then the medium and small . I put them on the tree carefully , according to color |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
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MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
### Output:
m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
### Input:
MR . HUNNICUTT : This interview is for the Center of Oak Ridge Oral History . The date is November 8 , 2012 . I am Don Hunnicutt in the home of Mrs . Mary Ann Davidson , 117 Orange Lane , Oak Ridge , Tennessee , to take her oral history about living in Oak Ridge , Tennessee . Please state your full name and your place of birth and your date of birth . MRS . DAVIDSON : My name is Mary Ann Davidson . My date of birth is January 12 , 1925 . I was born in Louisville , Kentucky . I lived there all my early life until I graduated from college . MRS . DAVIDSON : My father was William H . Courtenay . He was born in 1890 , on March 3 . He was in World War I and lived his entire life in Louisville and Shelbyville , Kentucky . He worked for the Mengel Company . They imported mahogany and hardwood fro
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m Africa and Central America . He delivered those to customers . He didn 't consider himself a salesman , but he sold them to the furniture factory - furniture makers around Kentucky , mostly Indiana and Cincinnati and some in Tennessee . MRS . DAVIDSON : No , he did not . The Louisville Male High School was considered a fine school at that time . They said that graduates could enter Harvard in their second year . The principal had written textbooks that were apparently used all over . But my father was interested in raising ponies . His father had a farm in Shelbyville , Kentucky . If you 'd didn 't make the grade , you are special . And Dr . Ruben Post - Halleck , the famous principal of the school , told him if he took an exam in math , he could be entered back in . He did that , and he |
### Task: Continue the story
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Caution : This Suspense Sex Story contains strong sexual content , including Ma / Fa , Consensual , Cheating , Slut Wife , Cuckold , BDSM , DomSub , MaleDom , Light Bond , Oral Sex , Masturbation , Desc : Suspense Sex Story : Part 1 : The Taking of Alice - Be careful choosing your friends . Richard will steal your wife , destroy your marriage , make her his sex toy , and devastate your manhood . He 'll shatter both your lives and walk away as though nothing had happened . It 's often the case that the big changes in life sneak up on you . It 's possible , I guess , that you might anticipate some of them , but not all , and not all the time . My mother - in - law was wrong to think she could avoid all evil by worrying about it . It comes whether you worry or not , like a thief in the night
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, at a time of its own choosing , and you can 't outguess it . Our thief didn 't come where this story begins , a Saturday night , the night for making love , one on which Alice and I had come home early enough to have the energy for excitement . I turned to Alice in bed and started kissing her , and then I ran my palm across one of her nipples . I especially liked to do that because Alice had - has - big , round nipples that remind me of red blackberries . " Let 's check . Oh , my ! You 're a bad boy . Well , light the candle . I 'll be back in a sec . " I turned out the bedside lamps and lit the aromatic candle beside the bed . It 's sandalwood and shaped like a star . I 'm staring at it as I write this , letting it help me remember . I stripped . Water was running in the master bathroom |
### Task: Continue the story
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" Who am I ? " It 's a question that 's important because you are interested in my story . But I 'm not what makes the story interesting . The truth is , I 'm nobody . I 'm not rich , not great looking , there 's no talent that makes me extraordinary and I don 't sweep women off their feet . I 'm just an average guy with an average life . The only thing that makes me special is my daughter . To say she 's the light of my life would be an understatement . Her smile lights up the room . Her enthusiasm is beyond contagious . The way she sees the world makes me understand how important it is to live my life the right way . She can bring this 35 year - old man to tears just by saying " I love you , daddy . " I was 27 and living an ordinary life when I met Katie . She was a few years older than
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me and had been a little more adventurous in her life . She was an attractive blonde with a quirky personality . I think the thing that I appreciated the most was her sense of humor . It was fun - loving with just a touch of cynicism . We quickly became friends . We stayed close for a few months , watching each other go through one bad relationship after another . Finally it seemed like a good idea to take a look at each other . It only took three dates for us to take things to the next level . We went to my place after dinner , then straight to my room . Neither of us spoke , we just knew it was what we both wanted . I found out quickly she liked to be in charge and was quite aggressive . She kissed me lustfully , her tongue searching for mine . I was surprised when she moved her lips to |
### Task: Continue the story
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In this section of my testimony , I will describe some of the things God did during the 10 years or so of my time in London , England . Ten years is quite a long time , so I can only select a number of events and , even so , I will have to leave out a lot of details . I looked to the Lord and asked Him , " What do You , Lord , want me to say about what You did ? " Whatever the Lord does is inevitably unique in character , we call it the miraculous . Everything that God does is miraculous to us because it is not natural ; and what is supernatural always astonishes us . I aim to choose those incidents for which there is no real human explanation . In other words , you can 't think of some valid psychological explanation or some human way to explain them . I choose those accounts for which it
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is difficult , if not utterly impossible , to find a human explanation . We mentioned earlier that the whole Christian life , if it is a genuine Christian life , is miraculous . If it isn 't miraculous , it isn 't God who is working . When God works , there is a miracle , isn 't there ? The Christian life begins with dying and ends up with life . That is the reverse of all that goes on in the world . We begin by being crucified with Christ ( Galatians 2 . 20 ) and through this God raises us up into newness of life ( Romans 6 . 4 ) . To drive home the point about dying , what I will do today is to describe matters in reverse . That means at first I will talk about my life in Christ or Christ living in me , as the song says , " Christ lives in me " . I don 't live anymore , Christ lives in |
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Several years ago , a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband 's employer 's home . My friend , Arlene , was nervous about the weekend . The boss was very wealthy , with a fine home on the waterway , and cars costing more than her house . The first day and evening went well , and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live . The husband 's employer was quite generous as a host , and took them to the finest restaurants . Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again , so was enjoying herself immensely . As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening , the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband . He stopped suddenly , loo
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king down on the pavement for a long , silent moment . Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him . There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped , and a few cigarette butts . Still silent , the man reached down and picked up the penny . He held it up and smiled , then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure . How absurd ! What need did this man have for a single penny ? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up ? Throughout dinner , the entire scene nagged at her . Finally , she could stand it no longer . She Casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection , and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value . A smile crept across the man 's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny |
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A black , two - door Honda Accord pulled into the driveway with the headlights off and without the stereo playing . As soon as it reached its spot , the engine was shut off . Brian and Mira sat in the front seat and held their breath , waiting for the lights in the one - story house to come on and their parents to come and stand at the front door . Neither happened . Brian was still checking the house . " That , " he said , " I don 't know . " He paused . " It 's all your fault anyways . " Purposefully , he didn 't look at her as he took the keys from the ignition . Their curfew had been about an hour and a half ago . Brian had spent most of that hour and a half searching for his sister ( well , step - sister ) at the party they were now returning from . She had to have been off with some
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fucking guy the whole time . Though Brian had no concrete proof of that . " Nothing , " he said , opening his door gently . " Come on . And don 't slam the door . " They got out of the car and Brian started towards the front door of the house . " No , " she spoke in a forced whisper , " the front door is too close to their bedroom . They 'll hear it . Come on , I left my window unlocked . We can get in that way . " Brian nodded and started moving back towards her . It made sense . The house had three bedrooms . The biggest , their parents room , was at the right end of the house , maybe ten feet away from the front door . Brian and Mira 's bedrooms were at the opposite end of the house . They tiptoed around the side of the house . " I assume you 've done this before , " Brian sarcastically |
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… In The Second Time Around , Frank Lamonte has dealt with a series of traumatic personal setbacks , and experienced feelings that she has thought of as " the blues " for several months . Frank 's boss is concerned for her well - being . He insists that she get help and places her on an indefinite leave of absence . This action is the impetus for the rest of the book . This is a work of fiction and I did not go into great depth about depression . Frank Lamonte sighed when she completed her last patient 's file and clicked save . Ruger was an adventuresome Yellow Lab , who managed to get out of his kennel and disappear for a few days . When he limped home that morning , his concerned owner had brought him to the clinic . Frank had assessed him before she cleaned his deep lacerations and sti
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tched them . When the dog and his owner left an hour later , she had been confident that Ruger would be as good as new in a few days . Before she left , she decided to check on the new foal they 'd delivered that morning . There had been complications before the mare arrived and the foal was unsteady and sluggish . They 'd decided to keep them both at the clinic over the weekend . All day , Martin Cole , her co - worker and fellow veterinarian , and the receptionist at the clinic , Coleen Nutlatch , had been giddy with anticipation . They were leaving right after work to spend the weekend skiing in Banff . Usually they kept their relationship low - key at work , but today their excitement , their happy , carefree laughter , the little looks and suggestive comments had no restraint , and Fr |
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Thursday afternoon , Rudy went looking for the Peep . She wasn 't hard to find , as she was in the living room asleep , as usual . " Boy , Peep you sleep a lot , " Rudy said as she woke her up . " I don 't sleep more than any other cat . Cats normally sleep ten to twelve hours per day . That 's how come we have so much energy when we are awake . Now , since you 've interrupted my sleep , what do you want ? " Peep was fuzzy headed , but was awake enough to get Rudy off of a pick - on - Peep session . " Oh , right . I got an email saying that the turnip seeds were shipped the same day we ordered them , and the anticipated delivery date is tomorrow . I think we 'd better start checking today , just in case , and also to figure out how we 're going to open the mailbox . " This was going to be
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the hard part . The mailbox was right at the street , and on a post . The whole idea would fall apart if the Daddy got the package and not the cats . The two cats walked up the driveway , and stared at the mailbox . Peep thought a minute and said , " You know , it would be easiest if I jumped on top of the mailbox and opened it from there . I don 't know any cat who would be tall enough to open that ! " " Sounds good to me . I 'm glad you don 't mind jumping up there . It looks kind of slippery on top . " Rudy stepped back , in case Peep slid off . She didn 't want Peep to fall on her . Peep backed up a step or two and made a spectacular jump . She hit the mailbox a little low , unfortunately , and although she tried to dig in her claws , she just slid down the side of the box , leaving sc |
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Miss Priscilla Hunter [ is ] a maiden lady who has just come here to live . If you have not heard of her before , you will do well to make her acquaintance . I think you will find her a woman after your own heart on the temperance question , as well as on some others . But don 't let Priscilla 's grey hair fool you . She was a woman of high energy and focused activity . It was Priscilla Hunter who almost single - handedly raised the money needed for the church in Miss Priscilla Hunter . Help ! Of course I will . I 'll bring my scissors and snip out things for you in odd hours . Oceans of things can be done in odd hours ; and I 've got a little bundle laid away that will do to make over for somebody ; and Mrs . Jackson has an attic full of trumpery that she will never use . I 'll see that a
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good load of it gets sent around to the room . You 've got a good room ? It 's Mr . Hoardwell 's , isn 't it ! Of course he 'll let you have it ; I 'll see him if you want me to ; he 's a friend of mine . I 'll slip up there between daylight and dark and see about it . . . . sewed all day in her attic room on clothes for boys too young or too poor to go to the regular clothing establishments . Poor was Miss Hunter ; that is , people looking on called her so . But , after all , I hardly knew of a richer person than Miss Priscilla Hunter . She was intuitive , too . Sometimes she could figure out what someone 's worries were just by looking at them . She noticed everything ; no detail was too small to escape her notice . In " Miss Priscilla Hunter " Priscilla observed : My friend Muriel is t |
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I had slipped on my new blue vintage dress , and pulled on my boots before I left for the market . It is such a nice day . No clouds , very sunny , and warm . The perfect day to spend it outside . And that 's what I planned to do . The market isn 't very far from my apartment , and I have to pass hundreds of little shops . I walked by a small coffee shop on the way . It was the cutest thing . Outside has a couple wrought iron tables and chairs . The air smelled delicious . It kind of reminded me of something you 'd see in a French romance movie . I walked inside , and it was so inviting . There were plants everywhere ; on the tables , window sills , and counters . The walls are a very calming chocolate color . All kinds of pastries filled the display cases . " Oh my God . I 'm so , so sorr
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y . " I said , bending down to pick up the cup . He bent down , too and grabbed the cup before I could . " No , no . It 's okay , really . " He stood up , and offered his hand to help me up . I looked up at him and smiled . This guy was way taller than me . He had blonde hair and the clearest blue eyes . He was wearing a plaid shirt and blue jeans , and it made him look really good . Everything about this guy was very attractive . " Well then , let me buy us some , and maybe we can talk ? I mean , you do owe me since you knocked my cup out of my hand . " He smiled at me , and I couldn 't refuse an offer like that . " " Nice to bump into you . I 'm Foster . " We smiled to ourselves , and made our way to the front of the line . " So , what kind of chai would you like ? " " Perfect . That 's |
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" Will she be alright ? " Conrad waited anxiously for his mother 's diagnosis . He had brought Izzy to the palace as quickly as he could and , after hearing the situation , the queen took her immediately to one of the many bedrooms and brought her different medicines in different bottles . Conrad was standing outside the room when the queen finally emerged . " She 'll be fine , " she assured him . " The unconsciousness is a defense technique . Her body is just resting after the ordeal . I 've given her something to help with the nasty bump on her head . That could have gotten bad without treatment . She 'll probably sleep most of the day , but she 'll be fine . " Now that everyone was safe and well , Conrad 's mind returned to the subject that had been puzzling him ever since he read Izzy
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's book . " Where 's father ? I need to speak with him . " The king was there when he arrived with Izzy , but Conrad hadn 't seen him since . " I already spoke about it . I said ' well done , ' and ' welcome home . ' You saved someone 's life . It seems to me that your quest was successful . " " I discovered so many things . I found out that I was looking for something that was here the whole time . I was headed in the wrong direction . " " I think I have . It 's because greatness isn 't always big . And it starts right here . Or in a cottage . Or in a treehouse . It starts wherever we call home . And the people of Saphir understand that . You taught it to them . Just like you taught it to me . " The king smiled . " Before I began wandering , looking for what the world had for me , I told |
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Disclaimer : I wish I owned them but I don 't . Summary : 1 . Liz and Max 's parents reactions to all the trouble they have been causing . This picks up at the end of " Sexual Healing " when they are walking toward the café ; I took a little liberty with the timing at the very end . " If you know so much , then tell me , Max . . . what 's my destiny ? " Liz said . " I only know the part I 'm hoping for . " Max replied intertwining his fingers with Liz 's . " Maria 's right , we should go see our parent 's first . How about we meet at school early tomorrow morning , 8 : 00 in the parking lot then we can go somewhere private . " Max said . Max and Liz entered the café and all of their parents stood up and gave them the stare ( and you all know the stare I am talking aboutJ ) . Max and Liz me
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t their Parents stare and did not look down and for a while all was quiet . Alex , Isabel , Michael and Maria all took up positions outside of the doors so they could hear and lend support if it was needed . Liz walked to the back of the restaurant to get some breakfast for her and Max , she grabbed his favorite without having to ask him and came back to the middle of the restaurant where their parents are waiting . Liz and Max sat down next to each other and started to eat . Liz 's mom broke the silence and asked the question that everyone was dying to know . " Liz , Max , we will not be angry , only a little upset , but we need to know , are you two having sex ? " Max choked on his food and started coughing ; Liz just stared at her Mom with her mouth hanging open . Liz was the first to r |
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Disclaimer : I wish I owned them but I don 't . Summary : 1 . Liz and Max 's parents reactions to all the trouble they have been causing . This picks up at the end of " Sexual Healing " when they are walking toward the café ; I took a little liberty with the timing at the very end . " If you know so much , then tell me , Max . . . what 's my destiny ? " Liz said . " I only know the part I 'm hoping for . " Max replied intertwining his fingers with Liz 's . " Maria 's right , we should go see our parent 's first . How about we meet at school early tomorrow morning , 8 : 00 in the parking lot then we can go somewhere private . " Max said . Max and Liz entered the café and all of their parents stood up and gave them the stare ( and you all know the stare I am talking aboutJ ) . Max and Liz me
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t their Parents stare and did not look down and for a while all was quiet . Alex , Isabel , Michael and Maria all took up positions outside of the doors so they could hear and lend support if it was needed . Liz walked to the back of the restaurant to get some breakfast for her and Max , she grabbed his favorite without having to ask him and came back to the middle of the restaurant where their parents are waiting . Liz and Max sat down next to each other and started to eat . Liz 's mom broke the silence and asked the question that everyone was dying to know . " Liz , Max , we will not be angry , only a little upset , but we need to know , are you two having sex ? " Max choked on his food and started coughing ; Liz just stared at her Mom with her mouth hanging open . Liz was the first to r |
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Posted on March 19 , 2013 by pir8chickk Summer session was in full swing . We were training almost all day . The odd time there 'd be a night training session . Me and the guys had plans to go around town and hang out . I was working in the kitchen for the morning , I always did as request of the general . He said he never minded having anyone as strong and determined as I , but he did suggest I pick up a few ' woman skills ' , as he calls them , when I can . No one other than Alex knew about it though . But after a little while I told Shawn too . I had him promise not to tell anyone . Someone found out it 's just one more reason why I shouldn 't be here . One more thing for them to comment on about me being girl . I hated it with a passion , but Shawn actually liked me more for it . We no
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dded in agreement . This place belonged to the civilians , not us . We were borrowing it for a while until we were excepted into the army , navy , air force , and marines . We all knew that . " We 're waiting . " Shawn cooed almost evilly to us , he was sitting next to me . At this moment his hand was lightly on my knee . I stopped and looked at him , " We don 't talk about it ' cause before I didn 't know you guys well enough . And we wont know because you 'd kill Alex if you knew half the stuff we did . " I then turned my attention back to my drink . It was huge and I barely made a dent in it . I giggled and nodded in agreement with that . We did a lot of crazy things before this . Even before we were at this point right now . He found out about any of them , any of the more embarrassing |
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VLOG for 8 - 28 - 15 Re : Manikin , Fabric and Hancock 's Since some of you ask me a lot for videos , I did another VLOG for today . My mouth just starts up , and I never know what is going to come out . Today , I talk about clothes that are too big - - how I messed up my duck tape manikin - - and the lovely Hancock 's store here in Edmond , OK . I returned to that Hancock 's a few hours ago to buy more of that skirt fabric and something to match it for a top . Rudy was there putting on her " I couldn 't care less about the customers " act , and not only that , she was chewing gum . In my opinion , that is rude . There was one lady cutting fabric behind the FOUR cutting tables . Two other clerks - - one being Rudy , were playing like they did not notice all the extra customers waiting to h
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ave fabric cut . I looked across the room at Rudy , and I made eye contact with her letting her know we ladies needed help . She turned and walked off . I looked at the other lady too . The other lady was actually putting fabric back where it went , but Rudy was doing NOTHING but hiding and chewing her bubble gum . Finally , the one lady who was cutting fabric called for help from the other girls . Rudy had hidden herself sufficiently that the other lady had to quit what she was doing and come over to cut . The first clerk lady who had a lovely hairdo of half her head shaved , and the other half having long hair , looked up to direct the several ladies who HAD BEEN standing there . They were all gone but me . No wonder ! The clerk that came to help me was quite nice , although it was obvio |
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VLOG for 8 - 28 - 15 Re : Manikin , Fabric and Hancock 's Since some of you ask me a lot for videos , I did another VLOG for today . My mouth just starts up , and I never know what is going to come out . Today , I talk about clothes that are too big - - how I messed up my duck tape manikin - - and the lovely Hancock 's store here in Edmond , OK . I returned to that Hancock 's a few hours ago to buy more of that skirt fabric and something to match it for a top . Rudy was there putting on her " I couldn 't care less about the customers " act , and not only that , she was chewing gum . In my opinion , that is rude . There was one lady cutting fabric behind the FOUR cutting tables . Two other clerks - - one being Rudy , were playing like they did not notice all the extra customers waiting to h
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ave fabric cut . I looked across the room at Rudy , and I made eye contact with her letting her know we ladies needed help . She turned and walked off . I looked at the other lady too . The other lady was actually putting fabric back where it went , but Rudy was doing NOTHING but hiding and chewing her bubble gum . Finally , the one lady who was cutting fabric called for help from the other girls . Rudy had hidden herself sufficiently that the other lady had to quit what she was doing and come over to cut . The first clerk lady who had a lovely hairdo of half her head shaved , and the other half having long hair , looked up to direct the several ladies who HAD BEEN standing there . They were all gone but me . No wonder ! The clerk that came to help me was quite nice , although it was obvio |
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Dante pulled up her head , sniffed and tried to wipe her eyes . She looked around the cave , wondering how long she 'd been gone . Were people looking for her ? She recognized Becky 's voice , but didn 't really want her to come in and see her crying . She heard footsteps and looked around as Becky 's face came into view . She looked scared but determined . " Hi there , " she said coming into the cave . Dante started to turn away , but then remembered the face in the pool . She looked up at Becky and said a small hi . She even tried to smile . " I 'm fine , " she said , in a bored voice . And then shook her head . This was going to be hard , but she needed to share her true self . She looked Becky in the eye . The other girl 's blue eyes looked kind , and concerned . " I 'm sorry , " Becky
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said . She came over and sat next to Dante , putting her hand on her shoulder . " I bet it 's really hard to move away and leave friends behind . I 've never had to move , and I think I 'd just die if my parents made me leave . " " Dante , " she said , " I 'm sorry about Carol . She just gets mean like that sometimes . I don 't know why , and I wish she didn 't . " " That 's o . k . , " Dante said , and realized that she really meant it . " I really am bad at sports and stuff , and it must have been frustrating for her when I just let the ball hit me . The least I could have done was gotten out of the way . Or put a mitt on my head ! " At that both girls laughed . " How did you know I was here ? " Dante asked . It didn 't seem like she 'd been gone long , or that anyone thought she had be |
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The first Sunday in December we always do a family picture day . This usually gets some of the family members of our church members out for a service . This year Stu added backgrounds to out pictures and they turned out really good ! Here is ours . If anyone is interested in a special Christmas project ( you can take advantage of those after Christmas sales ! ) , we have a few small needs for our church that I thought I would share . We need kids scissors for our S . S . classes . We are also needing some puzzles and games that could be used at the end of a class to give the kids something quiet to do until the adults get done . They would be fore ages 5 - 10 . The games would have to either be simple games that I could write out the instructions in Spanish or some that were already in Spa
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nish . Posted by We have been doing a lot of catching up since we got home from the hospital so I have not had time to post anything . Stu was released from the hospital on the evening of October 22nd . We didn 't have our car there , so we were going to call a taxi . BUT GOD . . . . sent an angel . : ) Our neighbor showed up just as we finished getting everything together and he drove us home . What a blessing it was not to have to ride in a taxi . Stu had to stay at home for a week , taking it easy until his follow up visits . It was hard to keep him still ! He answered the phone one day and it was for me . I was outside taking care of something and he called out the window of the office that it was for me . I picked up the phone as he was walking back to the bedroom ( I was downstairs a |
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There was another girl my age living near us in Navy housing . Her name was Lisa and she was married with a little boy . She was a pretty girl , with bleached blond hair , a good figure and good personality . She was from New York . Her husband was also in the Navy . She told me she was very unhappy in her marriage and was considering getting divorced . I never knew why she was so unhappy with her marriage , just that she was looking for a way out . One evening I went out on my back porch and looked over toward Lisa 's place . There were about four guys out in the yard drinking beer and Lisa was holding court in the middle of the group . When they spotted me , they all called me to come over and join the party . I wandered over and was introduced to the guys . They were sailors and one of
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the guys was a former school mate . The guys wanted me to have a beer with them and when I explained that I didn 't like the taste of beer , one of the guys suggested I mix some tomato juice with the beer . They just happened to have some tomato juice and one of the guys was already drinking the mix . They convinced me to take a taste , which I did . I liked it ! In no time at all , I had a drink in my hand . I was 18 , not quite drinking age , but most of the guys were probably just barely 21 . The rest of the evening was a party . Lisa didn 't have to worry about her husband coming home , he had duty . Her little boy was asleep in the bedroom . There were several guys for each of us girls , but after awhile , we each paired up with certain guys and the other guys left . Lisa disappeared |
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My house is gone . Burned to the ground . I left to get groceries and when I got back . . . it was too late to save anything . I don 't think anyone called the fire department , they were only alerted when the fire alarms went off . That bastard he did this didn 't he ? But why ? Isn 't it easier to get someone when they 're staying in place ? This doesn 't make sense , why did he do this ? ! . . . I 'm currently staying with my ex - husband 's parents . As soon as I called them from the station , they drove over to pick me up . I cried like a baby when I saw them - things have just been so stressful and the house was the last straw . They told me I could stay as long as I needed . I think I 'm going to be here for a little bit . Right now I feel very numb , like I 'm in shock . The only g
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ood thing that came out of this is the fact that my laptop survived . I had gotten in the habit of carrying it around with me everywhere , or at least leaving it in my car . The notebook did not make it out . I had left it in a drawer in my living room and everything inside the house was burned to a crisp . At least I uploaded those pictures so I have something to show for all of this . I 'm . . . going to go sleep for a bit . I feel exhausted . The parents still haven 't woken up yet - turns out they 're late sleepers . I already told Ava this in my comment section last post , but I 'll repeat what I said . I decided to look in Cynthia 's room to see if I could find anything that would help me know why she left or where she went . Up to this point I had avoided her bedroom and really goin |
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Happy Birthday Jason ! Jason turned 32 years old today , and it was a wonderful day for all of us . We woke up to the sound of Kojak winning and waking everybody up . Apparently Jason was keeping him in his kennel for a little while and Kojak didn 't like it , and Kojak can " sing " pretty loud . Linda went down stairs to see what was going on and helped Jason by taking Kojak out to the backyard . He was happy again and in a few minutes they were back inside and Linda was coming back up to the room . After all , it wasn 't quite 05 : 00 yet , and she wanted to get back to sleep . Funny part is , it gave her a chance to be the first one to wish Jason a Happy Birthday . We did manage to get back to sleep and slept for almost an hour and woke up again . Shortly after that we had a visit from
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Jackie , and she was full of energy . After about 15 minutes we realized we were going to have to be getting up , so we did . Jackie bounded back down the stairs to go see what Daddy was doing , and she wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday , too . As it turned out , Stacy was also in with Daddy , and they were all playing in the bed . Shortly after all this crazy fun , we managed to get the girls dressed and eat some breakfast . It was starting to get a little later in the morning and didn 't want to be late to church . Jason wasn 't going with us this time , as he wanted to just stay down , and I was totally happy with that . The girls always look forward to Sunday School , and today was no exception - just wish we could take them every Sunday . We came home and the rest of the day was pre |
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Happy Birthday Jason ! Jason turned 32 years old today , and it was a wonderful day for all of us . We woke up to the sound of Kojak winning and waking everybody up . Apparently Jason was keeping him in his kennel for a little while and Kojak didn 't like it , and Kojak can " sing " pretty loud . Linda went down stairs to see what was going on and helped Jason by taking Kojak out to the backyard . He was happy again and in a few minutes they were back inside and Linda was coming back up to the room . After all , it wasn 't quite 05 : 00 yet , and she wanted to get back to sleep . Funny part is , it gave her a chance to be the first one to wish Jason a Happy Birthday . We did manage to get back to sleep and slept for almost an hour and woke up again . Shortly after that we had a visit from
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Jackie , and she was full of energy . After about 15 minutes we realized we were going to have to be getting up , so we did . Jackie bounded back down the stairs to go see what Daddy was doing , and she wanted to wish him a Happy Birthday , too . As it turned out , Stacy was also in with Daddy , and they were all playing in the bed . Shortly after all this crazy fun , we managed to get the girls dressed and eat some breakfast . It was starting to get a little later in the morning and didn 't want to be late to church . Jason wasn 't going with us this time , as he wanted to just stay down , and I was totally happy with that . The girls always look forward to Sunday School , and today was no exception - just wish we could take them every Sunday . We came home and the rest of the day was pre |
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This is the final chapter of the preview of my work - in - progress , the novel " Your Pal Al . " The previous four chapters are here on my blog . If you want to start at the beginning , here 's Chapter One . I 'd love to hear what you think . Please comment . " We been running through trenches for weeks . It was raining hard , Burty , kinda like a hurricane , but it was too cold - way too cold . We got all turned around and had no idea where we was and to make matters worse , we got pinned down real good by a machine gunner . Being stuck there was bad , but the rain and the mud was much worse . We couldn 't get dry no matter what we did . You know how your hands and feets wrinkle up if you stays in the bath too long , Burty ? Well , what do you think they 'd look like if theys in the ther
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e for more than a week ? " Albert shrugged but not because he was bored or not interested . It was the only thing he could do . The stories from the War were his favorite and while Mr . Sam did seem to tell the same ones over and over , this was one he had never heard - not even the corners or edges of this story . " Not a pretty picture , eh Burty ? " Mr . Sam smiled just a bit and stared hard at him . It wasn 't a nice smile . It didn 't make Albert feel any better . It actually made him squirm just a bit . The squirming was just enough for him to see that Miss Lottie had stopped her ironing and was doing a bit of staring herself . " Please , Mr . Sam . " Albert said in a very small voice . " Tell me what happened . " The smile warmed up , but the edge was still there hiding in his eyes |
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I promised myself I 'd write about this someday , and I 've got a couple hours to kill , so I guess this is a good time to do it . I 'm writing to you , Mom , because you 're gone , and I still miss you terribly in spite of all the bad stuff that happened with Dad towards the end . I 've forgiven you both ; I hope you know that . And I know I 'll probably never share this with a living soul , so I may as well share it with you . I never knew his real name - - at least not at the time . I mean , I 'm sure I saw it written down , on his door or around the building , but it never stuck in my head . Most of the residents we addressed by name , usually pretty formally because they were from an era when you didn 't call older people by their first names . So it was Mrs . Brown in 12A or Mr . Joh
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nson in 18B . But the ones we didn 't know that well , and the ones we didn 't like - - those we 'd always call by their room numbers , behind their backs . 30B was about the most disagreeable human being that I have ever had the displeasure of meeting , and knowing our family , that 's saying something . Most of the other teenage volunteers were afraid of him . He didn 't scare me , mainly because my folks were worse , so I was used to it . Please don 't be offended , Mom . You did the best you could , we all did , and unlike the little ones , I 'm old enough to remember that things were better before Dad had his accident and couldn 't work . Then the drinking got bad and . . . well . Yeah . You were there . You know what it was like . We had good days and bad days , but really more of th |
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An older man ( still moving on in his fifties ) sat on the edge of Lake George , his fishing pole propped up with one wrinkled but strong hand . The water was placid , save for a light breeze blowing across the water , causing a very light stir . In the heat , it felt quite good . The man did not like to think about it , but could not help it . He had been sitting in this very place when it had all occurred . The most terrible thing he had ever lived through in his life . It seemed so calm right now , but he could not help but think about it … It was only two years past when it happened . Charlie had been sitting in the exact spot , as he always did , when a policeman abruptly showed up at his cabin and told him the news . George now sat in the same spot , not worried , for he had an idea
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who was at the heart of these disappearances . " There 's a girl missing , alright ? Tabatha Tysick . She goes by Tabi . Twelve years old . She 's from the village . We need to investigate . " George packed his gear , and stuffed if into the jeep . As he lifted the gray tarp , he abruptly noticed a new , very expensive assault shotgun was missing . He was still a little perplexed as to the problems . " Like I said , she 's missing . Twelve - year - old Tabi Tysick . We need to figure things out . In the meantime , everyone needs to leave the lake . Even you , George . I know the lake was named after you and the road , but I have to do it . " " It 's ok . I have all the time in the world . Whoever it is , they stole my new shotgun . Watch out , that thing is a killer . " George shook his he |
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I 've always thought that Christmas was a holiday best spent with family and loved ones . It 's a time to be together and share in the warmth and love of family and celebrate the company and joys of friendship . And since leaving home after high school , I can honestly say that living on my own , I 've spent more Christmases by myself , usually working , than being with family . I don 't mind . I really don 't . I actually swap work days with coworkers who want to be home with their families for Christmas ; and in return , they work for me on New Year 's Eve and New Year 's Day . I figured , well , it would be nice for these parents to spend Christmas with their children . Especially since I so fondly remember how wonderful it was to spend those Christmases a long time ago with my parents
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and my family . Some of my best memories growing up are from Christmases so many years ago , when I was just a little boy , so full of joy and smiles , playing with my two young brothers , and helping my mother and father put up Christmas decorations . We would play holiday music and hang colorful lights and shiny ornaments on our plastic green tree . The three of us youngest boys , my two brothers and I , put the decorations on the lower branches , while my parents and older brothers and sisters put the decorations on the higher branches beyond our reach . Some years , we had an angel top the tree ; other years , we used a star . Angel or star , it didn 't matter . The tree was always so beautiful , especially when we turned on those sparkling colorful lights . Every year , the first nigh |
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I 've always thought that Christmas was a holiday best spent with family and loved ones . It 's a time to be together and share in the warmth and love of family and celebrate the company and joys of friendship . And since leaving home after high school , I can honestly say that living on my own , I 've spent more Christmases by myself , usually working , than being with family . I don 't mind . I really don 't . I actually swap work days with coworkers who want to be home with their families for Christmas ; and in return , they work for me on New Year 's Eve and New Year 's Day . I figured , well , it would be nice for these parents to spend Christmas with their children . Especially since I so fondly remember how wonderful it was to spend those Christmases a long time ago with my parents
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and my family . Some of my best memories growing up are from Christmases so many years ago , when I was just a little boy , so full of joy and smiles , playing with my two young brothers , and helping my mother and father put up Christmas decorations . We would play holiday music and hang colorful lights and shiny ornaments on our plastic green tree . The three of us youngest boys , my two brothers and I , put the decorations on the lower branches , while my parents and older brothers and sisters put the decorations on the higher branches beyond our reach . Some years , we had an angel top the tree ; other years , we used a star . Angel or star , it didn 't matter . The tree was always so beautiful , especially when we turned on those sparkling colorful lights . Every year , the first nigh |
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It was a wonderful day yesterday . The wedding was just lovely . James looked so happy . They started the ceremony in a way that I 'd never seen before . The minister read a piece from James ' parents about how much they loved Rosalind , and then he read a piece from Rosalind 's family about how much they loved James . Families are a big part of a couple 's new life , and I thought that it was a nice touch . I 've got pictures , including a great one of William playing with balloons . He loved them . The shoes that I got worked well . They were soft as slippers . My sister , who is a dancing fool , dragged me out on the dance floor to do the Electric Slide . I suppose , ( dear God ! ) that there are pictures . There is nothing that screams ' wedding reception ' louder than old women on the
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dance floor . Rosalind 's family is Filipino , and there was a lovely array of traditional foods at the reception in addition to the nicely catered meal of chicken breasts and porkchops . Just as we were about to leave the house , we got a call from Cara . She 'd been rousted out of her bed in the middle of the night and told to " Go , go , go right now ! " It is monsoon season there , and there has been great flooding w / mudslides . Loss of life . Travel restrictions . To complicate things , the crash of the Asianic cargo plane was fodder for rumor . Cara never says that she is afraid . She admits to stressed . She 's been traveling for 12 hours now . Getting anywhere by ground travel was difficult and crowded . She was able to skype from the bus terminal . She was able to skype again f |
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It was a wonderful day yesterday . The wedding was just lovely . James looked so happy . They started the ceremony in a way that I 'd never seen before . The minister read a piece from James ' parents about how much they loved Rosalind , and then he read a piece from Rosalind 's family about how much they loved James . Families are a big part of a couple 's new life , and I thought that it was a nice touch . I 've got pictures , including a great one of William playing with balloons . He loved them . The shoes that I got worked well . They were soft as slippers . My sister , who is a dancing fool , dragged me out on the dance floor to do the Electric Slide . I suppose , ( dear God ! ) that there are pictures . There is nothing that screams ' wedding reception ' louder than old women on the
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dance floor . Rosalind 's family is Filipino , and there was a lovely array of traditional foods at the reception in addition to the nicely catered meal of chicken breasts and porkchops . Just as we were about to leave the house , we got a call from Cara . She 'd been rousted out of her bed in the middle of the night and told to " Go , go , go right now ! " It is monsoon season there , and there has been great flooding w / mudslides . Loss of life . Travel restrictions . To complicate things , the crash of the Asianic cargo plane was fodder for rumor . Cara never says that she is afraid . She admits to stressed . She 's been traveling for 12 hours now . Getting anywhere by ground travel was difficult and crowded . She was able to skype from the bus terminal . She was able to skype again f |
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It 's a creepy job I guess , driving a cab all night , but what else is there to do in this town at four in the morning ? My TV 's busted . I used to read , but I can 't concentrate anymore and there 's nothing worth reading anyhow . So I drive . I 've been with Bay State Taxi a while now , long enough that when I call myself a cabbie , I don 't shrug it off . You are what you do , right ? Whatever it was you thought you were , or hoped you 'd be , one morning you wake up and you just are this thing , and there 's no backing up and doing it over . Mom and Dad got it finally . I 've stopped hearing about college or getting my own place . Not that they ever nagged me really - we 're not that kind of a family - still I had a good idea what passed between them late at night : when 's he going
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to move on and give us our life back , what 's left of it ? There was this particular Sunday afternoon I was watching the Red Sox with my dad and Mom drifted through like she sometimes does on her way to the backyard . This time she stopped and stood without moving , which meant she had something to say . I could tell she was looking at me but I kept my eyes on the TV . If it was something I 'd done , I didn 't want to get into it with her . She snatched up the remote and muted the commercial . Then she snapped the TV off altogether , and silence took over the room . I heard a screen door whap shut up the street . " Your dad and me , " she said , then stopped . A quick glance at Dad and she tried again . " We , your dad and me , we want you to know that , with all you been through - " " Th |
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It 's been quite some time , sorry about that . Even though it 's been ages , that doesn 't mean I haven 't been writing things down or that nothing funny has been happening . What it means is that life has been crazy busy and something has to get pushed to the side . Unfortunately that 's been writing for me . I 'm going to try my hardest to be better … but I digress . This last weekend was terribly entertaining as far as bartending was concerned . It 's also much more entertaining after the fact then it was during the chaos . Here 's how Friday night went for us . It was a typical full moon night … . . WEIRD . Early in the night nothing specific stood out but the vibe was weird , the crowd was weird and people were drinking … . a lot ! My bartending partner and I would look at each other
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and shake our heads or shrug our shoulders every now and then to prove we knew , we just knew it was strange . Her and I were even running into each other behind the bar more than normal , it was one of those days we were acting like we 'd never worked together . Even our karaoke singers were all over the board , normally we 're middle of the road with talent but this particular night we had amazing singers and then those singers that made you want to jab yourself in the ear with a sharp pencil . Like I say to my customers " always applaud , for those who are bad , you applaud because it 's over " . Around midnight the downhill slide reached warp speed . One of our regulars who is normally very well - behaved became not so well - behaved . On a normal night if we tell him it 's time to go |
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Life has become different . Almost like watching a movie of myself ! The only way to explain it is that the world is still turning . . . everyone 's lives are moving forward . . . but mine has stopped . It 's strange to think about how things used to be . Regular life , just the routine of the day - to - day . My main complaints were not enough time to get all the things done in a day . I worried about things like what to cook for dinner . Now I wake up to the buzz of an ice machine hooked up to my leg , hoping that the calluses on my hands ( from my walker ) aren 't going to get much bigger . I don 't care what I eat . . . I just try and think about how I can carry it to the table . It 's impossible to carry anything when you walk with crutches ! I watch my kids walk out the door in the m
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orning not knowing what they are doing at school . I used to worry about if they had forgotten to put their homework in their backpack . Now I 'm just glad someone else is getting them to school at all ! This Memorial Day was as big one . Of course Mike wasn 't up for anything , so I drove the kids to the cemetery . It was the first time I drove on the freeway . Everything seemed so fast ! I couldn 't stay on it long . . . I got off two exits early and took back roads . It was a lot for me ! We met Mike 's family up there , I was able to walk out on the grass with a cane . It made me nervous . . . but I did it ! Of course it was the first time my skin had seen the sun this year , so I got sunburned in the 5 minutes I stood there . Mike 's family has a tradition of going to the cemetery and |
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My First Day Of School ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Posted on February 11 , 2017 by butterfly228angel Last year in Holualoa Elementary , and I had just started to go to school after being home schooled for 9 and 3quarters of my life . Well in which is actually my whole life . The Craziest Book I Have Ever Read Was … Posted on July 14 , 2016 by butterfly228angel In his essay I am going to tell you about the craziest book I have ever read . So the craziest book I have ever read was called The Story Of Doctor Dolittle . It is a mouth twisting book and that doesn 't mean that it isn 't a fun book but it means that is a mouth twister . I love the book and i read it alway during the weekend with my father . Twisters like the Pushmi Pullyuag , now try to say that 20 times faster . There are some of us n
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ow reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past in one respect if in none other , that there are no books written now for children comparable with those of thirty years ago . I say written FOR children because the new psychological business of writing ABOUT them as though they were small pills or hatched in some especially scientific method is extremely popular today . Writing for children rather than about them is very difficult as everybody who has tried it knows . It can only be done , I am convinced , by somebody having a great deal of the child in his own outlook and sensibilities . Such was the author of " The Little Duke " and " The Dove in the Eagle 's Nest , " such the author of " A Flatiron for a Farthing , " and " The Story of a Short Life . " Such , abov |
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There shouldn 't have been a need to rush . No need to push his way through the early morning crowd . After all , the city system is the way of the future . The new world order designed to maximize world efficiency . However , in a world that values efficiency , it has no tolerance for those who bring nothing to the table . This is the point that had him running through the morning crowd . The last of his supplies were ready for his longest excursion outside the wall yet . A dangerous plan but at this point desperation was too high for him to consider the risk . He simply could not afford to fail . As he pushed his way through the shop 's door , a familiar voice called him . " Simon , good to see you again . Your gear is all packed up in the bag you left us . " He walked over grabbing the
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bag and dropping his cash on the counter . " I 'm already late . The gate closes soon . Thanks for the quick work ! " Was all he could shout as he bolted out the door , the store keep muttered good look as the man made his exit . A young man , far too young for his profession but some must choose a life of danger before they are old enough to truly know what is at stake . Morning light crept through the cracks of a badly boarded up window on the second floor of an abandoned house . The few rays that shone through were enough to gain a picture of the room itself . Dust covered the floor , cobwebs lined the ceiling , and the only piece of furniture in the room was an old beaten up couch . On that couch lay a man in his early twenties . Black hair covered his head with one side of his bangs l |
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P . , me and an unidentified guest were at our apartment and about to go to sleep when we were attacked by a ninja . He terrorized us and chased us round the house . Then he laid down to sleep on the couch and we took his katana and killed him . He looked more like a medieval samurai than a ninja . He wore black , a big helmet and an armour that was very wide on the shoulders , so as to look gigantic . The dead samurai was lain there on my couch , with his helmet still on and the sword protruding perpendicular from his chest . We were still in the dark but we thought of checking out the window to see if any of our neighbours had seen something . Strangely , and despite the late hour , everyone was there . The people who live in the apartment right across from ours had a lot of guests in bl
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ack suits and frocks , who were sitting as if in a theatre balcony but appeared to be looking somewhere further to the left . We leaned outside our balustrade to see if there was something that pulled their attention . At the same time we noticed there were people on the balcony right above who were also attracted by the same spectacle . It was a film projection on the wall of a tall building . It had no special interest for us so we jumped over the porch and climbed to the attached construction . The guest transformed into I . , a dude I was fond of some time ago , and we found ourselves in a vacation house with thick lawn . He pulled a chair and we sat there , side by side . He was talking about something extremely interesting but I have forgotten what it was . I kept thinking I wanted t |
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P . , me and an unidentified guest were at our apartment and about to go to sleep when we were attacked by a ninja . He terrorized us and chased us round the house . Then he laid down to sleep on the couch and we took his katana and killed him . He looked more like a medieval samurai than a ninja . He wore black , a big helmet and an armour that was very wide on the shoulders , so as to look gigantic . The dead samurai was lain there on my couch , with his helmet still on and the sword protruding perpendicular from his chest . We were still in the dark but we thought of checking out the window to see if any of our neighbours had seen something . Strangely , and despite the late hour , everyone was there . The people who live in the apartment right across from ours had a lot of guests in bl
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ack suits and frocks , who were sitting as if in a theatre balcony but appeared to be looking somewhere further to the left . We leaned outside our balustrade to see if there was something that pulled their attention . At the same time we noticed there were people on the balcony right above who were also attracted by the same spectacle . It was a film projection on the wall of a tall building . It had no special interest for us so we jumped over the porch and climbed to the attached construction . The guest transformed into I . , a dude I was fond of some time ago , and we found ourselves in a vacation house with thick lawn . He pulled a chair and we sat there , side by side . He was talking about something extremely interesting but I have forgotten what it was . I kept thinking I wanted t |
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P . , me and an unidentified guest were at our apartment and about to go to sleep when we were attacked by a ninja . He terrorized us and chased us round the house . Then he laid down to sleep on the couch and we took his katana and killed him . He looked more like a medieval samurai than a ninja . He wore black , a big helmet and an armour that was very wide on the shoulders , so as to look gigantic . The dead samurai was lain there on my couch , with his helmet still on and the sword protruding perpendicular from his chest . We were still in the dark but we thought of checking out the window to see if any of our neighbours had seen something . Strangely , and despite the late hour , everyone was there . The people who live in the apartment right across from ours had a lot of guests in bl
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ack suits and frocks , who were sitting as if in a theatre balcony but appeared to be looking somewhere further to the left . We leaned outside our balustrade to see if there was something that pulled their attention . At the same time we noticed there were people on the balcony right above who were also attracted by the same spectacle . It was a film projection on the wall of a tall building . It had no special interest for us so we jumped over the porch and climbed to the attached construction . The guest transformed into I . , a dude I was fond of some time ago , and we found ourselves in a vacation house with thick lawn . He pulled a chair and we sat there , side by side . He was talking about something extremely interesting but I have forgotten what it was . I kept thinking I wanted t |
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When I took a nap earlier . I don 't remember all that much . There was a person with dark hair and darker eyes . They threw me onto the ground , face down , and cut open my back . They then reached in , and ripped something out from inside of me . Something precious . I was screaming the whole time . But it wasn 't like , an organ , certainly not my heart . It had a shape . Like a turtle statue or something . But whatever it was , I found my self dying as a result of its removal ( and probably also the cutting into my back part ) . After taking the object out of me , they turned me onto my back , and sat there , watching me die with this smirk on their face . I remember coughing up a lot of blood . It made me think about the time when I was a kid ; I was reading or something , and just st
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opped , looked at the ceiling and thought , " Some day , I 'm going to cough up blood , and then I just won 't know what to do with myself . " People with tuberculosis did that before they found a cure , back when it was still called " consumption . " Anyway , the last thing I remember about the dream was , as I was laying there , bleeding and dying , I asked the person , " Did you ever feel anything for me ? " And then I woke up . With a migraine . Wondering if I had screamed whilst I was asleep . My back also felt a little sore , but I shouldn 't read too much into that , since it 's kind of normal . It 's one of the more brutal and grotesque dreams I 've had . But interesting . I would honestly like to have that dream again , and perhaps be able to remember it better . It would make a m |
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Cyn Angelos woke up in a tree , long before the sun rose . She groaned , remembering what happened the night before . Her body was completely saturated in blood ; she could even taste it in her mouth . Despairingly , she descended from the tree and returned to her house . She swiftly took a bath in the nearby lake and got dressed for school . She tied her long , dark blue hair into a braid with a black ribbon , even though it still fell past her knees . She donned her school uniform and her black cloak that brushed her ankles . Cyn walked outside and waited for the bus . She 'd rather not take the bus , but it was the quickest way to get to school . Around 7 A . M , the bus advanced . Cyn inaudibly stepped on and moved her eyes around for a place to sit . There were more often than not , g
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irls on her bus , and they were all sitting in seats around a young man with long red hair who was reading a book . They didn 't bother to sit next to him . Not again … Cyn thought . Every time a new boy came to school , Sakau , the most popular girl , would try to get together with him first . None of the other girls would have the guts to touch him first . She always detested girls like that . Cyn gradually paced down the isle of the bus until she came to the seat where the boy was sitting . " Not at all . " He moved closer to the window so that she would have room to sit . The other girls gasped . They feared what would happen when Sakau would arrive on the bus . The bus pulled away and Cyn took out a book she had brought from home . It was in some foreign language . The young man looke |
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He rode into our valley six years after the end of the war . I was just a kid , sitting on the fence and watching the dusty road that wound down from the blue - grey mountains , waiting for something to happen . Nothing ever seemed to happen back then , especially not to an eleven - year - old girl . I didn 't know when I first saw him that he would be what I had been waiting for . From a distance , he looked like just another horseman . There was a lot more traffic on the road than there had been when we first moved there ; people were really starting to believe that the Wraith might be gone for good and venturing out to claim long - abandoned lands to ranch or farm . It was only when he got closer that I noticed he was different . It was his clothes that first caught my eye . Even though
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it was a hot day , he was wearing all black . His shirt was faded almost to grey , and awkwardly patched in two or three places , but his pants were of a darker , glossier material that I had never seen before . He wasn 't wearing a hat against the sun , so I could see his face , which looked grim and wary . He was slouched in the saddle , like he was tired of riding , but his eyes moved constantly , taking in everything nearby with an attention that seemed casual but I suspected meant he picked up every detail . They rested on me for just a second and then moved on . I felt vaguely disappointed , but as he passed our house , he slowed and looked up . " Could I get a chance at your pump for my horse ? " he asked , gazing past me . I realized he wasn 't talking to me and turned my head . F |
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I 'm leaving the old intro here , but adding this - it appears the doves have taken over my blog for their fiction . Just as well , I was doing a piss poor job of updating . They 're doing much better . This blog is infrequently updated , full of incorrect spellings , misused words , and general bad grammar . It started when I was trying to use google + ( which I 've since given up on ) and discovered there was no character limit for posts . If you 've known me a long time , a lot of these stories will be old hat . If you plan to know me for a long time , you 'll no doubt hear many of them in person . But , folks seemed to enjoy them , so here they are . Another story , this one set in Brazil . Dustin and I flew into Manaus to meet my Brother and Yuka , and we all went out onto the Amazon
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. We had a guide and were out for maybe five nights ? I 'm not totally sure . One night , Dustin wanted to take a night walk - lord knows what he thought we 'd see , but we all got ourselves together . At the last minute , the guide decided he didn 't want to go , and sent us with the cook , instead . That is another story . This story is very short . We only had one flashlight , and the cook had it in the front , and somehow or other I was in the back . Only about 200 yards from the campsite , I stepped in a hole . I admit it - I squawked like a startled parrot . My brother , right in front of me , turned around quickly enough to see me still descending into the hole . It ended up only being about thigh deep , and I was totally fine , but much later in the evening , when we finally got ba |
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Welp , no short fiction for you today . Today I have been working my creative side all day . I started by writing a piece of music , I liked it so I recorded a very rough demo . That is how we do it . We do a really rough demo and work with that until we have all the kinks out of it and then we do it for real . Otherwise , its gone . I have the memory of a hummingbird . So usually I will do a little demo on my phone that is 10 times crappier than this little number . I was just bored and having fun with it . Also , be on the lookout for new things . Ive got fiction coming up and I 've been working on my review site too . Big things are ahead . If I can get it worked out , we are also going to play some shows this summer . Stay tuned for more details on that front , but I have been hearing
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the love out there . Thanks for all the support . I am not sure what the title of this posts summons to mind for you , but it is indicative of a little personal battle I have been having with myself . With so much going on lately , I have been stretched pretty thin . I am watching Dexter and playing Mr . Mom while Addie is at work and when she is home I am job searching ( still no luck ) , doing school work , building my website , trying to do writing exercises , so that I can get better at writing , all while trying to squeeze in time for my story wherever I can find it . Truthfully , its the job searching that is destroying my time , and seemingly in vein . I swear one more assessment and my head will pop off . I have applied for almost every job in every established business in Corinth |
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Have you ever looked deeply in their eyes ? There is a hidden message , have you ever read it ? Through their silence , did you try to hear their unspoken words ? They were screaming for help , have you ever heard them ? When they take away their own life , you judge them as bad people or even unstable ones , but who knows what they have been through to reach that level of depression that pushed them to commit suicide ? Behind closing doors we never know what 's going on in other 's lives . People face a tremendous number of troubles , a few prefer to consult a psychologist , and some think that it 's a personal issue no one should interfere with . In the other hand they drown in the troubles . They keep on increasing until they lose control of themselves ; they pay the price or the people
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who are close to them pay the price . Sometimes , the problem may be a very simple one , but it depends on the age of the person . When a 10 year old boy / girl faces a situation of bullying in school , at the same time he / she might have family problems and no one is there to listen to them . That for sure would affect their life , especially with the insecurity they are facing in their home . They would be having difficulties in their study , and also lack of self - esteem . They would think that they are not welcome in this life , instead of having good time in school to forget their problems at home , they are being scared to go there watching everyone destroying them . And when they go back home after school , instead of having a loving family who can help them , they are having a h |
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Corbette woke up to a horrible stench of beer and all things not natural . She glanced at the man sharing his bed with her , still stone drunk and snoring like an overgrown rhino . Sighing , she got up from bed and looked around for her clothes . The beast has thrown them under the bed , probably hoping that she wouldn 't find them anytime soon . Exasperated , Corbette rummaged under the creaking thing and proceeded to cover her naked body . She made herself coffee in the beast 's kitchen and excused herself out . She had got her money last night , so there was nothing left for her to wait about for . Her trade wasn 't borne out of patience ; it was to make herself available to the whims and fancies of all the drunks who roamed the sad parts of town in the death of night . She still dreame
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d of the good old days , when she had a house - on - wheels of her own , when she had a son of her own . That was 16 years ago , and since then fortune hadn 't favoured her . The great hurricane of 1996 had taken everything away from her except her son , and she had nothing for herself , let alone for her foetus that would need so much . Worse , she didn 't even know who the boy 's father was … Corbette couldn 't bear her son to grow up in such a sorry state . She was resigned to living a bad lifestyle , but she had always had high hopes for her son . Heartbroken , she couldn 't bear to see him grow up and struggle against a miserable world . So one non - descript Friday evening , she approached a young couple emerging from a cinema , and handed them her foetus , only murmuring that the bo |
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Leave a reply In Yoruba folklore , the tortoise was a wily trickster . Lazy , always up to no good and especially fond of porridge , he often got himself into one misadventure or the other . This is a story of one such misadventure . He had severe hunger pangs . And this was entirely his fault . You see , during the farming period , while other animals went to the farms to plant crops , he lazed about , whistling tunes and chasing fireflies . He always had one excuse or the other for not working . He walked the length and breadth of the forest and turned up just a few palm kernels and one ripe mango . He sat below a palm tree to eat them . As he was eating , he remembered a spell he had learnt during his travels ( he was well travelled and had gone to places on land and in the sea that no
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one else had ) and decided to try it out . It was a spell to animate palm trees . As he sang , the palm tree danced , moving from place to place , and when he stopped , it stood rooted in place , just another palm tree . Ijapa smiled . He had a plan . He got some leaves and branches , feathers and twigs , tied them around his palm tree to make it look scary and poured some chicken blood on it from the branches to the roots till it dripped . Satisfied with his craft , he hid himself among the topmost branches and sang the spell , leading it towards the marketplace . He was just in time for the evening market . Just as the market women settled down to begin to sell their wares , the palm tree came dancing into the market square . Everyone took to their heels . You must understand , it wasn ' |
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When I got downstairs the next day to have breakfast I saw General Coleman and my heart missed a beat . " Hello Sunshine , I hear you are excellent in the assignment I gave you . I 'm happy . I got something for you . " He said . He pointed to a box and Abena opened it . A little poodle popped its head out of the box . It was adorable . I had always wanted one but the apartment I used to live in did not allow pets . I knelt down and the adorable dog run into my arms . " Thank you . " I said and General Coleman smiled . " You need to take her on walks . She may need one tonight as she 's been in this box for so long . Let 's take today off . " I nodded and Arial to my room . That was her new name . I put on my usual gym clothes but this time just to take Arial for a walk . Alison and I were
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on calling terms now . I called her and told her I couldn 't make it to the gym because I didn 't have anyone around to walk my dog . I thought it was a silly excuse but she totally bought it . Arial seemed much more excited than I was . " Calm down . " I said as we run down the stairs . When we got outside I looked around and off we went . As the little thing trotted excitedly beside me I felt happy . Like how I felt when I was with Edem . I wanted to call him but just didn 't know what to say . He always saw right through my lies . We were about to cross the road when I heard my name . I turned around and there he was ! Coleman , standing next to his car . As he walked to me I could feel the fury in him . " Where have you been ? ! I 've been calling and texting you forever . What did I |
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Apparently Mckenzie thought it would be a good idea to stay awake last night from 4am until 6 : 30am . I didn 't think it was such a good idea , but since she didn 't agree , we got to hang out for awhile ! She did sleep in until after 8 so that was nice . We went over to a friend 's house to play this morning . The girls had fun playing and played very nicely together . And , they didn 't throw too big a fit when it was time to leave . Abby did get a bit moody , but she has been moody lately anyway . We had gymnastics tonight and wouldn 't ya know it , the cranky old lady was after me again . Abby hurt her foot early during her lesson and her teacher brought her over to me . Abby sat with me for a little bit while Mckenzie was doing her stuff and she decided she was ready to join her clas
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s again . So Mckenzie stayed with her teacher while I started to walk Abby over to her class and the grump was on me again about how parents aren 't allowed on the floor and I needed to get the receptionist to walk Abby on over . I would have had to walk farther on the gym floor to go get the receptionist to do that than just do it myself when I was only a few feet from Abby 's teacher . I am so tired of her attitude . I can understand her saying something to me if I wasn 't already on the floor for a Mommy and me class , but I 'm out there already ( And you can 't tell me that after months of being on the floor with Mckenzie , she doesn 't know that I am there for a Mommy and me class ! ) . Doesn 't make any sense to me . She really needs to mind her own business ! Abby said her foot stil |
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Now that my classes are finished for a few weeks I was able to come out of my literacy induced stupor and look around me . I was a bit disturbed by what I saw . Now , I know I 'm not the best housekeeper , but - wow ! Today , I rolled up my proverbial sleeves and got to work . It would be easy to become overwhelmed , so I made sure to focus on one room - today I picked the kitchen . Now , I knew this would be easier if I didn 't have to worry about Abby , but she so charmingly told me that she wanted to stay home today , so I kept her home and resolved to work around her . While I cleaned under , around , above , ( and a lot of other prepositions ) everything in that kitchen , Abby danced , dressed - up , and pretend played her day away . Every so often she would come to find me and ask wh
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at I was doing . She loved the fact that I had the dining room chair in there , and insisted on sitting behind me as I stood on it to wash the walls . She joined in when I was steaming the floor , by grabbing " her " swiffer and getting to work . The best though , was when I was washing down the cabinets . She had come into the kitchen to tell me that she wanted to wear her bathing suit , more importantly , that she wanted me to get it for her . I was mid scrub , so I told her that I would help in a minute . She became inthralled that the cleaning was now at her level and wanted to join in . She found a rag and started " washing " a wall close to her . She made " shh - shh " sounds , like a spray bottle , and then stood back and told me to look at her work . That 's when I really got a goo |
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Excerpt : I looked back outside , waiting to see a passionate kiss between the two . What I saw though confused me more than I already was . Zac pulled something out of his pocket and gave it to Karen . I couldn 't believe it . Isaac and I exchanged confused glances . Money ? Zac was giving her money ? A lot of it too . " Melissa , are you sure you 're alright ? " I heard Diana 's voice on the other end of the phone . " Uh - huh . I 'm just , I don 't know , a little tired . Ready for a break . " She gave a small laugh and said " Well , I 'm sure you are . Taylor said that he thought it had been a little rough . Touring isn 't easy and I may be wrong here but I 'm guessing you thought you 'd get to spend more time with Zac than you actually are . " I was thankful for her understanding of i
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t all . " I 'll tell you something Melissa , between sound checks , meet and greets , the occasional photo shoot or interview , helping to update the website , the meetings about album and ticket sales and the merchandise , helping plan the route to each city and small changes needed for every stage , trying to find a minute here and there to eat and shower , plus staying in touch with us , I 'm surprised that child gets the little bit of sleep he does . " She and I both laughed a little at her rundown of Zac 's life on tour . Well , I thought to myself , she hasn 't been told anything about Zac 's little vanishing acts or his attitude lately . We chatted for a bit longer and then said goodbye . I hung the phone up and returned Tori 's smile that she was giving me when I glanced up at her |
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Alex didn 't see Tersa again during the next few days . He took it as a good sign that most likely she was getting the care that she needed . Besides , he had his own family 's issues to deal with . His mother 's wake had all been paid for and arranged . It was a true testament to her character to see how many people showed up for it that Saturday . Alex stood away from his mother 's casket to avoid as much of the heartfelt commiseration as possible . Sympathy wasn 't his thing ; he really didn 't need to hear anyone else tell him how sorry they were . He appreciated the semtiment , but it did not make him feel any better . The next day was his mother 's funeral . Saint John 's in Windsted was a small wooden church . Like everything else in the town , it was very old . There was no air con
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ditioning during the summer hours and only minimal heat in the winters due to the building being poorly insulated . Alex remembered the pastor , Father Moran , saying that it was a good test of the steadfastness of the parishioners . Alex didn 't appreciate the joke , both because he was one of those poor people stuck either sweating or shivering , and because he was not so steadfast . To him , being there was a reminder of his failure . There was no getting away from it . As he entered the church , he looked at the Holy Water . Instinctively , he moved his right hand to dip his finger in , but then stopped . As his fingers hovered over the water , it began to feel like it was burning . It was an odd sensation that gave him pause for a few moments . As it subsided , he shook his head and p |
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In February of 2000 , I decided I needed to find some direction in my life . I felt that I had no plans for the future . I didn 't know what to do . I needed to decide what to do . I still believed the CIA was going to offer me a job anytime soon . Would I accept it ? Should I accept it ? If not , what else should I do ? I was also still thinking about fractals , infinity , natural forms , and encryption . I had many ideas about a new mathematical theory that I had not fully developed . I wanted to get away from life for a while , to clear my mind , to seek inspiration . I decided to take a vacation . I would go somewhere very remote , to do some soul searching and some meditation . I chose to go to Glacier National Park , in Northwest Montana . The cheapest way for me to get there was by
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train . I decided to buy a National Rail Pass that I could use for one month . I would take the train from Washington D . C . to Glacier National Park . I would also visit Chicago , Seattle , and San Francisco before coming home . I expected the trip would take me two or three weeks . I was not afraid of going to such a remote place by myself . I had abandoned the idea that the CIA might decide to kill me . I thought if that was a possibility , they would have had several opportunities already . I thought I was still an ideal candidate for recruitment . I expected they might try to send someone to talk to me while I was away from home and alone . It would be the perfect opportunity for them . I don 't know exactly what day I left on the train , but it was sometime during the first week of |
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Then , as the unwritten law of social convention obliges , Luke presented the partying people with a bit of an insight into his own life . Not too much though . Luke came to Miami Beach to find peace and sitting at a table with two cheerful couples didn 't quite fit that picture . But as he 'd spent most of his adult life pretending who he is , he figured a few minutes with these folks wouldn 't be that big of a deal . To Luke , Miami and Miami Beach felt like his second home . But this was the first time he 'd come to Miami just by himself . He only decided to leave snowy suburbia to go to Miami the day before he departed . This time it was different . This time it was just Luke . For the first time in his life he felt scared , vulnerable and lost . Emotions he 'd never encountered before
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. Luke 's life , until recently , had been one of hard work and not complaining . He and his wife lived in a lovely house with a view , drove nice cars and had lots of friends . All of that seemed like a blur right at that moment . The cascade of new emotions which were occupying his thoughts felt like an unbearable weight that seemed to be getting heavier . Earlier that day Luke had driven to Sawgrass Mills Mall to buy himself some time off from the headaches and anxiety . Halfway , exiting I - 95 to enter I - 395 , Luke was confronted by a terrifying new thought , the latest lasting only a split second but lingering in his troubled head ever since . He realised that if the car was to accidentally hit the safety rail on the high fly - over and crash onto the freeway below , he wouldn 't |
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Then , as the unwritten law of social convention obliges , Luke presented the partying people with a bit of an insight into his own life . Not too much though . Luke came to Miami Beach to find peace and sitting at a table with two cheerful couples didn 't quite fit that picture . But as he 'd spent most of his adult life pretending who he is , he figured a few minutes with these folks wouldn 't be that big of a deal . To Luke , Miami and Miami Beach felt like his second home . But this was the first time he 'd come to Miami just by himself . He only decided to leave snowy suburbia to go to Miami the day before he departed . This time it was different . This time it was just Luke . For the first time in his life he felt scared , vulnerable and lost . Emotions he 'd never encountered before
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. Luke 's life , until recently , had been one of hard work and not complaining . He and his wife lived in a lovely house with a view , drove nice cars and had lots of friends . All of that seemed like a blur right at that moment . The cascade of new emotions which were occupying his thoughts felt like an unbearable weight that seemed to be getting heavier . Earlier that day Luke had driven to Sawgrass Mills Mall to buy himself some time off from the headaches and anxiety . Halfway , exiting I - 95 to enter I - 395 , Luke was confronted by a terrifying new thought , the latest lasting only a split second but lingering in his troubled head ever since . He realised that if the car was to accidentally hit the safety rail on the high fly - over and crash onto the freeway below , he wouldn 't |
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Not a word was spoken during the fifteen - minute ride home . Mr . Hickock was seething over Darren 's defiance - and in front of other people , no less ! Darren sat in the passenger seat rubbing his legs . He had had to make three trips to load his things into the car . His dad has refused Kyle and Kevin 's help saying that there was no sense in all three of them getting cold . Luckily , the engine was still warm and the car was heating up fast . Sensing Darren 's thoughts , Mr . Hickock said , " I hired John to clear it . I don 't expect you to go outside in the cold weather with only your diapers and plastic pants for protection . This time it won 't cost you anything because we were away when it snowed , but , for all future snowstorms , whatever has to be paid for someone to do your j
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ob will come out of your allowance . " They drove into the garage . Much to Darren 's relief the door was lowered before he had to get out of the car . He didn 't know exactly how many people Samantha had told about his diapers but he didn 't want to face any of them tonight . They went into the house . Mr . Hickock directed Darren to bring his diaper supplies and suitcase upstairs to be put away . Darren walked into the bedroom and became even more depressed at what he saw , or rather , at what he didn 't see . His TV and CD player had been removed . They began unpacking Darren 's suitcase . Mr . Hickock took possession of Darren 's pants , underwear , and anything else that could be used to cover his diapers . Darren saw that his dad had already gone through the dresser and closet before |
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I Found Some of the Promised Photos ! I found some photos that I had promised to post when I found them . First up is my 3rd tattoo . At the time , I couldn 't find a photo of it , but last night I found a good one ! Remember the post about my dad ? I couldn 't find a good photo of him . I asked my daughter , following her advice , I checked all her photos on facebook . It turns out that she had a pretty good one there ! And here it is for you to see ! Although he usually had facial hair . I prefer that look ! And the baby in the photo is my daughter Sara , she must have been about a year old . And lastly , at least for today , is a photo of my favorite baby blanket to make . This is the one I shall be making for Sara 's friend . I did have a thought though . Maybe instead of making it all
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pointy , I shall make it in the round . No points . I will have to think on that one , probably ask Hubs ' opinion . This is also his very favorite blanket . No , it wasn 't . Today was my birthday . I had a pretty good one , nice and quiet , just like I prefer . I got to hang out with Hubs this morning , then tuck him into bed . I babysat for Miss Malia , then later on , after Hubs went to work , My good friend Kim and her Cherub came over . Cherub swam , and performed a Vegas showgirl act while wearing my lemon slice float on her head . Hilarious ! Kim and I laughed alot at that one . Due to the cooler temperatures at night recently , our pool water temp has plummeted down to about 75 degrees . It was up to 82 degrees at its warmest . It was very sweet that Kim and Cherub came bearing b |
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act like ( inseparable ) behave in a way that 's like _____ Note : This phrasal verb is very informal . What 's wrong with Bob ? He 's acting like an idiot . act up ( no object ) misbehave ( for people ) ; not work properly ( for machines ) The baby sitter had a difficult time . The children acted up all evening . " I guess I 'd better take my car to the garage . It 's been acting up lately . " You missed the lines in the parking space . You 'll have to back up and try again . " The people waiting in line are too close to the door . We won 't be able to open it unless they back up . " back up ( 2 . separable ) drive a vehicle backwards ( in reverse ) You 're too close ! Back your car up so I can open the garage door . back up ( 3 . separable ) confirm a story , facts , or information If yo
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u don 't believe me , talk to Dave . He 'll back me up . back up ( 4 . separable ) make a " protection " copy to use if there are problems with the original When my computer crashed , I lost many of my files . It 's a good thing I backed them up . to have gone bad Nick decided to have a fried egg for breakfast , but there was a terrible smell when he cracked the egg . ' This egg is off , ' he thought . I can 't eat it . ' The egg is off . to be surprised and confused Jeff was taken aback when he opened the door and discovered an elephant . Jeff was taken aback by the discovery of an elephant . Jeff was taken aback . beat up to hurt someone badly by hitting and punching Two men beat Fred up and left him lying unconscious on the pavement . They beat up Fred . They beat Fred up . They beat hi |
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It 's pretty bad when you go to your local emergency room and the staff says , " Hi Brian ! " Hi everybody . Kind of a bummer , but I had a seizure last week . It 's one reason why I didn 't blog with you last week . That , and it was Christmas . Anyway , everything 's OK . A seizure is kind of like a reboot . I talked a little bit about it before , but things like stress can bring on a seizure . I 'm under a lot of family stress . Anyway , it 's kind of like dropping a computer . It 'll reboot and reorganize . It 's weird going through a seizure , cause I don 't remember anything . One minute I 'm on my yoga mat with my therapist , the next moment , I 'm in the emergency room at the hospital . I didn 't remember anything . Probably a good thing . One thing that might be really helpful to
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someone is my mother carries a prescription for Valium . It 's in a syringe form and it 's administered as a suppository . Kind of gross , but it 'll be very helpful . Anyway , ask your doctor about this . It can be very helpful . It shortened my seizure and helps me . We also had a great Christmas . Some friends came by . I saw a lot of my family . It was a great day . You know , I 'm kind of tired of talking about my condition . Let 's tell a few stories . My friend here included some cartoons of Capetown . They are from a commercial photographic shoot I did . I remember one day we got done shooting early , so I went for a run . Not a good idea unless you know where you 're going . Anyway , I ended up in an area that wasn 't so good . Especially for a skinny white kid with long blond hai |
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Midway through the Fall term , Carrie started going on about a public health forum at CDC that she wanted to go to . She wanted me to go with her . I told her that I didn 't have to go everywhere she went , but she insisted . It turned out that there was a man on the panel she was absolutely wild about . She had glimpsed him from afar at another meeting and he was not only good - looking , but marvelously smart . She didn 't know his name , but she wanted to meet him . The problem with that was - Carrie had never had a straight relationship in her life . I considered other possibilities . She didn 't know his name , but she wanted to meet him . The problem with that was - Carrie had never had a straight relationship in her life . I considered other possibilities . So I asked her again why
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I needed to go with her , and she said to protect her against making a fool of herself with this gorgeous man . That 's what I loved about Carrie - she was forty - four years old - ten years my junior - but she thought like a teenager , on top of being a little wacky . I had adjusted to living in her house as a kept woman . It was no problem for me to go to the meeting as her chaperone . In those days , you could just walk right into CDC and ask the guard for directions . Auditorium B , where the forum was being held , was down the right corridor to the cafeteria and then around past Auditorium A . When we got there , the meeting hadn 't started yet - people were wandering in and and out . We stood at the back and looked around the room . Almost immediately , Carrie nudged me and said : I |
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one . birthdays . Over the next few days we will be celebrating a few birthdays , though most of the celebrating will be done from a distance . Both of my sisters have birthdays coming up in the next few days and one of Emerson 's little friends has a birthday party we 're going to on Saturday . I feel like my sister 's birthdays kind of snuck up on me this year , so they will be getting belated gifts and cards . It 's the thought that counts , right ? Next week there are only three days before summer is here ! I am so looking forward to the days of summer and not having to babysit . I know life will be changing a lot for us very soon , and I 'm sure that transition will be a little bit crazy , but it still makes me so happy to know that I will get to be at home and not have to worry about
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waking up early to be ready for when Bee comes to play . Summer , I will be so so happy to welcome you next week ! Emerson started sleeping in his big boy bed in January and did so well with it . There would be a few days or nap times here and there when he would climb out of bed and not want to stay in , but in general , he did so well . He waited for us to get him in the mornings and after his nap , and stayed in his bed reading or playing with his stuffed critter buddies . Recently however , he has decided that he would rather fight sleep and now he will chase me as I leave his room at nap and bed time . I 've been having to hold his door closed while he tries to pull it open from the other side , all while crying and screaming , " Mommy ! Daddy ! Mommy ! Daddy ! " It 's horrible . Som |
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Yes , I know he spelled it wrong , but I don 't care . Ritzy took the time out of his very busy day to write this on his dry erase board in his office , take the picture and send it to me . To me , that means a lot ! ! ! ! ! He also informed me of a more accurate date of his leaving . Was later than he expected . I don 't like it , but what are ya gonna do . Is this deployment ever gonna be over ? ? ? ? ? ? I have already decided that I am not going to church tonite . I asked the kids if they would like to go out and eat . Mamma 's buyin . . . . . . . . I do not want to spend the evening alone ! ! ! ! I better find something to do around here today or it 's gonna be a bad day ; - ) My " maid " is washing the dishes right now , when it finishes I will put the dishes away . . . . already fin
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ished the laundry . . . . . . . . Put a card in the mail for Ritzy . . . . . . I sat outside for a little while this afternoon . Wasn 't too bad with the breeze blowing and the umbrella up on the patio table . Cut some low limbs off the pecan tree , oiled the windmill so it would not squeak . I 'm sure the neighbor appreciates that ; - ) especially at night . . . . . . . Our dinner at Cracker Barrel was good , I had their rib eye steak , baked potato and salad . Also , I enjoyed the company of the kids . ( i guess they really aren 't kids anymore at ages 24 & 22 are they ? ) Don 't care . . . . . they will always be my " kids " . . . Sure missed Ritzy though ; - ( I sure am glad this is the last anniversary we will be spending apart . I think 3 is enough for anyone . . . . . . I still have |
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The annual Shaver Lake vacation with my extended family occurred last week and into the weekend . We have been vacationing there since since Camille was an infant - - so , 23 years . She was three weeks old the first time we went . I remember racing down the steps from the deck to the waters edge while she napped under the watchful eye of my mother . On that same trip , Kyle fell down the stairs and split his chin . He was an early walker and an active child , but never a cautious one . Originally , the group included my parents , my sister and her family ( three kids ) and me and my family . Over the years , the composition has stayed pretty constant , and we stayed at a small cabin within walking distance ( if you don 't mind a long steep road ) to the lake . We were only at that first ,
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lakeside cabin , for one year . Eventually , my younger brother and his daughter started joining us . Taylor ( my brother 's daughter ) , Nick ( my sister 's oldest ) , Camille , Justin ( my sister 's middle child ) , and Kyle . I lost my mom to a progressive lung disease ( with a name a mile long and no cure ) , and , as it became more difficult for her to breathe , we switched to lower elevation locations . But , we never stopped going . The kids never stopped sleeping outside on the deck ; all their sleeping bags lined up in a row ; talking late into the night about the stars and satellites . The kids are now adults , with the exception of my youngest niece who is 14 . The rest of the " kids " range from Camille ( 23 ) to Nick ( 29 ) . My sister had kids first , closely followed by me |
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" There 's an old poem by Neruda that I 've always been captivated by , and one of the lines in it has stuck with me ever since the first time I read it . It says , " love is so short , forgetting is so long . " It 's a line I 've related to in my saddest moments , when I needed to know someone else had felt that exact same way . When we 're trying to move on , the moments we always go back to aren 't the mundane ones . They are the moments you saw sparks that weren 't really there , felt stars aligning without having any proof , saw your future before it happened , and then saw it slip away without any warning . These are the moments of new - found hope , extreme joy , intense passion , wishful thinking , and in some cases , the unthinkable letdown . " Do any of you have that period of yo
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ur life that you look back on and think , Really ? I 've been cleaning off my blog a little this week ; reading posts I wrote as a hopeless 13 - year - old is a little rough . If you 've been reading my blog since then . . . I 'm truly sorry you had to live through that . I 'm embarrassed to think that I ever posted some of that stuff on my blog , but now that at least 25 people have already read it anyway , I might as well make fun of myself a bit . Therefore I 've created this lovely list of the top 15 phases of my life that I 'm not proud of . ( Most of which took place in Jr . High . . . . . . . It 's a rough time . . . ) 15 Phases of My Life That I 'm Not Proud Of I wasn 't necessarily sad or depressed , just a bit . . . overwhelmed . There were so many emotions all at once . So much |
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I am just sitting here , quietly , contemplating how much my daughter has grown this year . I don 't mean her height or weight , though she has grown that way as well . She has matured this year , her thirteenth year . A couple of days ago we received a package from my Mom . Haley loves packages . We had to open it . Actually Haley 's Big Sis grabbed it and started opening it , so I can 't really put it on Haley . My Mom had wrapped the presents inside and labeled them , of course . Haley can recognize her own written name now , so she new exactly which ones were hers . She wanted to open them , but I told her that we were going to wait until Saturday . " Saturday is Christmas Day , that is when we open presents . " That was a bit hard for her , but I asked her to put all of the presents u
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nder the tree . She felt important doing that , so it was OK . We have never put presents under the tree . I was fully prepared to hide them if there was a problem , but they are still there . She sits in that room next to the tree . She sits in the chairs that flank the tree , or she sits on the floor in front of the tree . She has quite a collection of toys that she has been playing with while she sits there . If someone walks by she will point to the presents . She says " presents " or " Christmas " or her version of " Saturday , " which really doesn 't sound much like Saturday . She hasn 't opened them . I think if any of us were to tell her that she could they would be open in a heartbeat , but she is being very patient . I think that she is showing a new level of maturity that I have |
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