It hadn’t been an easy life for Frankie. Considered an old maid at the age of nineteen with no prospects, she was given a one way ticket from Oregon to Palms, California to meet her new husband. She was a good Christian girl with skills in all the home arts. She could cook, sew, rig… Continue reading Old Maid
Category: Characters
Life in G-ville
Waiting in line at the bank the guy in front of me wears tight yellow leggings beneath which I can see the outline of his baggy jockey shorts. He wears a frilly yellow see-through blouse. A floppy old felt hat with a pink flower stuck in the hat band completes his outfit. He smiles a semi-toothy grin. … Continue reading Life in G-ville
Higher Ground
Prim and proper, not considered a beauty with her thin brown hair, smallish eyes a little too close together- a nondescript hazel, She was sturdy in frame – just ripened into womanhood when she made the journey across country in a covered wagon from Iowa to Oregon. There must have been a flood that year… Continue reading Higher Ground
Crushed
He really wasn’t much to look at, but he was funny and smart and shy and he sang off key and he was her First Love. She was thirteen; he was nineteen – not exactly a match since she wasn’t allowed to date yet. But her dad relented when First Love came to him directly… Continue reading Crushed
Romeo and Juliet
“Hello, I’m Pooh,” she said by way of introduction as she offered her hand to the young man campaigning for class president. “Well, I’m very glad to meet you. I’m Christopher Robin,” he replied. That was it. She was interested, smitten, intrigued. At first they just talked and talked and talked…. Talked for hours on… Continue reading Romeo and Juliet