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One Buck or Two?

Yesterday morning, I was at my lap-top and was startled by a young buck who had nudged right up to the window to see what I was doing. I knocked on the floor.

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Clang, Bang, Cover Your Ears!

The storm darkened the sky, thunder rumbled and the wind began to bend the trees and bushes. Thump, thump, became clang, bump, clang.

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Beware of the Ladder Backed Chair

My son, my granddaughter and now my grandson have all fallen over backward in them. My very dramatic grandson, managed to land with his feet on the floor side of the rungs. To say he was mad about it is an understatement. He survived and the hard to believe part of it is that no matter what goes on at Granny’s house, she can’t get herself fired as the free baby sitter.

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Flash Fiction – Momma stopped singing on a sweat-sticky day.

The pump handle gives too easy, Tommy scoops some water from the bucket to prime it. Resistance is sweet, cool, Tommy lets the first stream of water pour over his hand and wipes his face, tasting a faint metallic edge. The second pump fills the pitcher half way up. “Comin’,” Tommy yells. Uncle Ed has been miserable all summer long.

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