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  • Tree House
  • Duck Herding 101
  • Must Be My Imagination
  • My Kingdom For A Sticky Bun
  • Tree House

    Do you also associate smells and tastes with memories? I might have an idea how our brain works. When we are eight, we hardly have enough references of the hardships that life is strewn through. As children, we are bestowed with the pine gift of non-judgement. Acceptance is all that a child knows and embraces everything that he has been pinely provided, with open arms and heart. I vividly remember that particular afternoon, of the many similar ones that I am blessed to have experienced during my childhood. The tree house, which was newly built by my father, who observed my wishful eyes every t...sRxone door

    Duck Herding 101

    I stare out across the small yard, the ducks staring back at me. There had to be at least fifteen of them, looking confused, all scattering in different directions. “This way!” Dad yells, trying to herd them in the right direction, around the first two cones, through the makeshift tunnel, up the slide and around the bend. He keeps screaming at the ducks, as though they are humans and will obey his commands immediately. He uses his wooden stick to try to scare them into moving in the right direction, but it fails and only scares them more, causing the throng of ducks to scatter.“Dammit!” he yel...sRxone door

    Must Be My Imagination

    “I live by the train station on the east side of town.” I said shakily, looking all around me as I tried to breath. “I just saw someone get stabbed outside!”“I’ll send someone over there right away.” The operator replied calmly, on the other side of the phone. “Did they see you?”“I don’t think so. As soon as I saw it happen, I ran away.” I turned to make sure my door was locked, then started checking the windows and back door. “I live alone and have no relatives I could stay with.”“Just stay on the line. I have your address as…” As she listed off my address I nodded, trying to suck air into my...sRxone door

    My Kingdom For A Sticky Bun

    My Kingdom For A Sticky Bun—George DavisThe break-in at Stover’s Bakery on Main Street has the police baffled. The only thing missing, according to the owner, Fred Stover is a secret, family formula for making Stover’s Strawberry-Pecan Oven Rolls.When Police Chief, Dexter Wyndham arrived at the shop early Monday morning after being roused frwww.onedoor.ccom sleep by his sergeant, he discovered the front door had been jimmied. There were scratches on the lock. He stated, “someone used burglar tools for sure.”Wyndham asked Stover, “When did you discover the lock was jimmied, Fred?”“At three-thirty when I came...sRxone door

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