The Wagon Ride Continues
March 29, 2012 by Carol Lunsford
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Dear Sally, In my last letter to you I stopped writing with the following statement: Mr. Dunn looked at Pat and Kay and wondered if their father was still overseas working in Holland. If he was, that meant their mother was the sole caretaker for seven children, if you included Annie. The Wagon Ride continues. [...]
Beginnings of “The Wagon Ride”
March 18, 2012 by Carol Lunsford
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Dear Sally, I am working on a story involving your three youngest granddaughters. They will recognize themselves, I’m sure. Let me know their reaction. I haven’t finished it yet but you can read what I’ve written to this point. Of course I have fictionalized everything. Janie *** The Wagon Ride Annie froze. Stiffened with fear [...]
Home Sweet Home
July 3, 2011 by Carol Lunsford
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Our childhood homes help form our memories. Of course the argument that the people within make the home, and the house is just a place for the home to be, is made frequently. However, I remember events of my childhood based upon where my home was when those events took place. Each event was a [...]
Listen to MAMA. She’s smarter than you think.
April 27, 2011 by Carol Lunsford
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Many years ago, when I was knee high to a grasshopper, my mother insisted I learn the three R’s. Dutifully I followed her demands earning a Master’s Degree from college. After many years of schooling I could do my ‘Reading’, ‘Writing’, and ‘Rithmetic’. Lately I’ve come to understand those R’s are not the most important. [...]