My journal of big words and pretty pictures
I grew up in East Tennessee, where I lived near the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains... literally the closest place to heaven on earth. Living now in Florida, where the highest point in the entire state is only 345 feet above sea level, saying I miss the mountains is an understatement. Whenever I get … Continue reading Home
"What happened to your shoe?" Dad was exasperated. This was the third shoe the boy had lost in as many months. "I was hurrying daddy, but you walk too fast," the boy was sitting in the sand, huge tears catching in his long, blond lashes. "It fell off. I couldn't see you. I had to … Continue reading Family vacation
"You've gotta put that back. If your uncle finds us in here, there'll be real fireworks." "Fireworks? Where do you get stuff like that? Butch is not gonna know if you don't tell him." Pauley held the gun in her right hand, her left cupped under the grip like she had seen her guardian do … Continue reading Fireworks
When his friend walked into his office, Butch saw Paul had lost his usual swagger. Dropping into the offered chair, he looked broken. "You told her?" Butch pulled a bottle out of the desk drawer. "Not everything, only that she's gone," Paul said, choking on the words. "Pauley thinks her mom died. How could I … Continue reading Crisis of conscience
Standing on the bank in my cotton shift, my hair loose upon my shoulders, I watch as the others are raised in the Spirit. Arms hugging my chest, I try to calm my shivering - not against the cold, but fear. Fear that when I'm laid under my hair will rise around my face, threatening … Continue reading Take me to the river
He knew what the word meant, it was on his vocabulary list. He looked it up in his big blue dictionary so he could write out the definition. Mom agreed that his older sister was wrong when she argued that it didn't mean what he said it did. Mom said that Sister must believe it … Continue reading Past bedtime
Thin spiral notebook 