The Persimmon Pucker

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 16 Comments

So you’re a country kid taking a walk in the autumn months and come across a persimmon tree. Older and wiser people are walking along with you and tell you that you have to try tasting one of those persimmons. You note their smile, but you’re a kid and you do want to try everything at least once, right? So …

Birthdays are Good for You

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Why are birthday’s good for you? Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest! (Larry Lorenzoni) I’m guessing in the picture above where I’m sitting in the lap of my very fashionably dressed big sister while my cousin and my other sister posed for the camera that I had not yet had my first birthday. But I …

Signs You Might Be a Country Girl

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Do you remember those “You might be a redneck” jokes made popular by Jeff Foxworthy? He had a bunch of them. Even had books of them. Well, lately, I’ve been thinking about things that …