Month: August 2016

FLASH FICTION

AUGUST 31, 2016 THE BOOK STORE Chapter 1 Pamela had planned it down to the second. Now it was Edward’s responsibility to complete the assignment. In his socks and shorts, he stood in front of the mirror in his London hotel room, making a last minute adjustment to […]

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AUG 29, 2016 Quote of Week “If I agreed with you, then we’d both be wrong.” GOOD PLACES TO EAT! It’s been sometime since I’ve posted a “good places to eat” piece, and that’s because I haven’t found anything worth reporting. That changed last Saturday when we made […]

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AUG 22, 2016 QOUTE OF THE WEEK “Gentlemen it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble the football.” John Heisman IT’S FOOTBALL TIME DOWN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI STATE   Mississippi State’s 2016 Bulldogs will be better than the pundits are predicting, but then they are […]

FLASH FICTION

THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA & JUNIOR PART II A LITTLE TIME OFF It was late on Friday afternoon, and the heat of the day was beginning to fade. July in Mississippi can be brutal, and the little window air conditioner was struggling to stay even. Bubba Lovejoy was […]

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AUG 15, 2016 IT’S FOOTBALL TIME DOWN SOUTH The SEC The latest AP pre-season poll is out, and the SEC West has claimed the number one and number ten spots. Alabama is picked to win all the marbles, and the Rebels are expected to finish second in the […]

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AUGUST 10   A LITERARY LAWN PARTY THE MISSISSIPPI BOOK FESTIVAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 9:00 AM—6:00 PM SOUTH LAWN OF THE CAPTIAL BUILDING JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI   Saturday, August 20, I’ll join over 70 Mississippi authors and artists for a summer celebration of the arts and literature. Tents will […]

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IT’S FOOTBALL TIME DOWN SOUTH Today is August 1, and once again I’m allowed to talk and write about football. The 2016 season is underway, and most schools have begun fall practice. The early polls are out, and I choose to believe that The Sporting News is as […]

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JULY 25, 2016 LIFE IN A WAR ZONE Clista and I are living in a war zone. We feel like the UN peacekeepers in Bosnia. We are charged with maintaining the peace and preventing the warring factions from annihilating each other, but we have limited resources and total […]