I am a very sensitive person, anyone who knows me knows that is a fact. That is a big flaw for me, so here goes a post where I expose my wounds and let you in on the big ugly truth. When I am hurt, I bury that within me like a seed. When I …
Woodbury
The joys of living and working in small towns are plentiful, at least with the things that I have experienced--of which some people have commented could have only happened to me. When they say that, the old phrase that "crazies attract crazies" comes to mind and I shudder at the thought of any magnetism that …
My Nannie
Why is it that life happens right before our very eyes but all too often we are so caught up with things that we don't really live it? When I watch old videos from my childhood I can't help but think of all of my insecurities that I had as a young teen, some of …
Aunt Glad’s Teacakes
The glass cookie jar would rattle even when you put the lid on ever so gently. There was no such thing as sneaking a teacake from Aunt Glad's house. She kept her teacakes in jars and sometimes in a leftover Christmas-looking red and silver tin can. There really never seemed to be enough of them. …
Uncle Hoyt’s Double Cola
I can see the orange and white camper sitting atop the red Georgia clay, in the summertime, with peach ice cream churning in a mixer under the awning. Yellow jackets swarm around the basket where the peach peels were tossed, fighting with one another for just one taste of the sweet, sweet syrup. The smell …
Messpot Diaries 