Month: April 2019
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Everyone loves a winner
The lady pushing a full grocery cart grinned at me, “Did you text for the discount?” “My daughter made me do it. I got $5.” “I got $25!” she announced triumphantly. “There’s a lady loading up on landscaping. She got $500 off! She thought it was a scam, but once in the store she tried…
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Fancy Shmancy SUV
One grinning husband stepped out of the silver SUV. He had found a vehicle big enough to carry everything we once had in the back of our now wrecked van. SUV looked fine to me. I wanted to load up and leave. First, he insisted, “Look! leather seats, very clean, CD player, no DVD and…
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Stay-cation in St. Louis
Sweets, sights and service in St. Louis inspired Sam’s parents to stay home and vacation during spring break this year. Inside the Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate factory a sign cautioned, “Shhh. The Oompah Loompahs are sleeping.” Sam, 8, sniffed the rich aroma of natural chocolate and watched the white clad workers bend over conveyor belts arranging…
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Picker estate sale
Tucked back in the dusty attic beneath a trash bag lay a plastic Winchester toy rifle from the 1960s. Heat had melted a hole on its barrel and sealed the end of the barrel, but the gun still cocked and clicked lacking the requisite roll of red paper caps. The last owner of the home…
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Come in from the cold, rest and have supper
The cold, wet rain sent the homeless who sleep outside over to a local church in search of a warm night in the gym with a mat and a blanket. This night the rich smell of baked chicken, black-eyed peas and collard greens welcomed them. “They always open the doors to let us sleep in…