The Mandrake Hotel and ResortJarod Kintz File Size: 237 KBPrint Length: 90 pagesSold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00BZ8ETJO If you like quirky humor, you will like The Mandrake Hotel and Resort to violence if necessary. It is comprised of a collection of short pieces, all loosely related as they take place in or […]
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Again, just a short post as this is the last day of drama camp at the Winnsboro Center for the Arts. It has been an intense two weeks, but the kids have put together a terrific show. As they brainstormed and came up with ideas for scenes, it reminded me of those shows I used
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My Wednesday’s Guest is Slim Randles, sharing some more of his cowboy humor. And if you enjoy these little essays, you would love his book, Home Country, that is chock full of these kinds of stories. While Slim is guesting here, I am over at Neil Plakcy’s blog, The Inside Look, where I talk a
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This is the first week of the Summer Drama Camp at the Winnsboro Center for the arts, and since I am in charge of theatre events there, that means I will be there every day for the next two weeks. That won’t leave much time for blogging, so I will schedule a few posts in
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Today’s Wednesday’s Guest is my friend, Slim Randles, with some thoughts on the Fourth of July and what the parades and picnics all mean. I think he is on to something here. The annual Fourth of July picnic was a celebration of time and freedom. We’d all watched the parade, earlier, because that’s what you
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The only good thing about when the summer heat hits Texas like a blast furnace is that flowers like the Mexican Petunia start to bloom. I’m trying very hard to make it my favorite flower as it blooms from late June through late October. Unlike pansies, which are my favorites, but have a much shorter
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First, thank goodness that storm that could have been as devastating as Super Storm Sandy didn’t pack the same punch, but in Colorado the wildfires still pose considerable threat. Isolated thunderstorms are predicted for the area today, but the storms will have lots of high, gusting winds, but little rain. The Black Forest fire, which
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My blog today will be an excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck – which is still looking for a publishing home, by the way. I still have company from our long weekend celebration that I mentioned on Friday, so I don’t want to spend time on the computer that
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Please welcome our funny friend, Slim Randles as today’s Wednesday’s Guest. This piece resonates with me as I have often wondered the “why” of lawns and lawn care. Enjoy. And if you like what Slim shares here, you might enjoy his book, Home Country, which is a collection of his essays. Great gift for Father’s
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Camp RedemptionRaymond L. Atkins File Size: 449 KBPrint Length: 240 pagesPublisher: Mercer University Press (March 1, 2013)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00BT0AFLO Every now and then an author comes along who so vividly portrays a place and it’s people that you believe you are there with them. Laura Lippman does that with Baltimore,
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