As told by Virginia Vauthier Charles was lonely. His brother John Burns has just left for school at the University of Arizona. It wasn’t far away. The two boys had been doing everything together for so long it was like a part of him was missing. “Guess I will go for in the desert on […]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
A Magic Moment Repeat
As told by Virginia Vauthier The old woman took her morning coffee and went to the front porch to sit in the chair by the little round table. It was 7:30 a.m. on a spring day in April. The roses had their first blooms. The calanchoe was still covered in red blossoms. The cottonwood across […]
Coincidence?
As told by Virginia Vauthier There is no such thing. Everything happens for a reason. Some people just don’t carry through. Example: It is November in Texas, persimmon picking time. Virginia had sent her family in the D.C. area a box of persimmons. About ten days later there were still a good many on the […]
1,830,297,600 Seconds – not soooo… Grumpy Ramblings
1,830,297,600 Seconds – not so Grumpy Ramblings by Mike Vauthier (Calculations : 365.245614035088 Days in a year * 58 yrs = 21184.24561403511 number of days ; 21184 number of days * 24 hours in a Day = 508416 number of hours ; 508416 number of hours * 60 minutes in an hour = 30504960 ; […]
Wash Day
As told by Virginia Vauthier It was a warm summer day, Monday, June 1, 1942, wash day in the country, a day of work. Jenny, seven months along with her first baby, went to build the fire under the three legged black pot she used to heat the water to wash the dirty clothes in. […]
A Game to Remember
As told by Virginia Vauthier Lampkin was our archrival. Carlton and Lampkin had been a hard fought basketball game for years. No one could remember why, how or when the rivalry started. We would rather beat them than anyone in the district. Coach had been drilling us for two weeks – extra practice time, extra […]