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Category: Human Interest

  • A Bit of Flannel

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    By  Vickey Stamps  © The little bit of flannel fabric for the bib would have gladly held its ears, had it any ears to hold. It had been entertaining thoughts of all it could be.  Perhaps the backing for something.  The sewing room, while empty of humans, was most certainly not guilty of being a quiet place.  The fabrics stood up on…

  • Time in Thailand

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    BY JAIME YARBROUGH From somewhere between Chiang Rai and Mae Sai, Thailand. The first few days were spent going places doing things. Have managed to talk to a couple people who appeared to be Anglo’s and only today did I find that a good place to find ‘expats’ is through a local magazine in Chiang…

  • February 9th is Toothache Day

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    CREDIT TO: www.holidayinsights.com February 9th, Monday Just so happen to have a toothache today.  Going to see dentist tomorrow. No one knows how this day got started, but there is some speculation that this date was selected becasue it is the date that Hershey Corporation was founded.  Flower of the day:  Love-in-a- Mist    

  • The Fiddler

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    BY VICKEY STAMPS 2008 The Fiddler  The old man rosined up his bow, cradled his violin across, and over his heart, put it under his chin and stepped down as gently as he could on his arthritic legs, grateful there were only a few steps to the sidewalk. The home was older than he was, and…

  • Remembering Donna Douglas/Elly Mae Clampett

    Remembering Donna Douglas/Elly Mae Clampett

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    BY DONNA WESTFALL I first met Donna Douglas when she was 27 years old. Her job was actress.  She played Elly Mae Clampett on the Beverly Hillbillies who’s character was about 17. That was around 1962. I remember Donna coming into our house and calling my mother and father, “Miz Rose” and “Mr. Herman.”  She looked…

  • The Letters

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    © Vickey Stamps 12/18/14 Despite the crowded cargo in the mail plane, despite the height of the plane, which to the ordinary person might make one feel the need for pressurization, the mail was quite comfortable, nestled closely among its friends.  There had been some turbulence, but it had passed without disturbance, and safely inside…

  • The Trees of Mystery

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    Excerpted from the short story “Where the Ocean meets the Redwoods” by Patrick Westfall A large billboard had been placed on the southern end of town that read, Trees of Mystery, 14 miles.  On the last day of my visit, a rainy Wednesday, we decided to tour them.  We drove south on highway 101 and…

  • A BIT OF FLANNEL…..A quilting story

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    © Vickey Stamps 11/10/14   The bit of flannel fabric, whose heart longed to be used  for the bib would have gladly held its ears, had it any ears to  hold. It had been entertaining thoughts of all it could be.  Perhaps the backing for it.  The sewing room, while empty of humans, was most certainly not guilty of…

  • The Cross

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    © Vickey Stamps 11/3/14 Somewhere either here or there, and in the land of could have been, as well as was, a small crowd wandered first in valleys, then in the small hills, all dreading the mountains yet ahead of them. Each carried a cross, each of a different size, burden-some in appearance, perhaps very…

  • SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1989

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    BY LINDA SUTTER 25 YEARS AGO MY GIRLFRIEND OFFERED TO TAKE ME TO THE WORLD SERIES IN SAN FRANCISCO. I WAS THRILLED. AS WE DROVE ON I-80 WESTBOUND TO SAN FRAN, I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW OF HER CAR AND SAID, “THIS FEELS LIKE EARTHQUAKE WEATHER”. I HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN EARTHQUAKE BUT THE…