Monthly Archives: August 2011

The country doctor

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

Dr. Pochard is a much beloved, though perhaps not respected, figure in the community. Though he isn’t known for his competence, he is known as a Dr. Feelgood. So Jenny scheduled an appointment with Dr. Pochard before her family reunion. … Continue reading →

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Making sausage

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

My mother said my last post about selling my pet goat to buy a saddle made her sad for Dicken and Garth Brooks. “I feel weepy when I think about it. They were such sweet boys,” she said. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Trade-off

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

I was a growing girl, and the part that was growing the fastest was my butt. Whether you consider an ample posterior a blessing or a curse, the fact was I was outgrowing the saddle I had been using for … Continue reading →

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Tasty little morsels

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

Megan was the bus bully. You always heard her coming before you saw her. The sound of her gum popping was like the first crackle of thunder during a summer storm. Her footfall was like the running of a hundred bulls. Her … Continue reading →

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Lies my mother told me

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Forget candy. Forget corporal punishment. My mother had a better way to get my sisters and me to behave. She told the most horrendous stories. The Brothers Grimm had nothing on my mother. Whereas the German siblings gathered frightening tales … Continue reading →

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A clean getaway

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

It would be wrong to say things got increasingly weird at church. It’s probably more accurate to say they were consistently weird, but that my capacity to recognize and fear that weirdness is what grew. My hippie parents took a … Continue reading →

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The chicken whisperer

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

It took my mom a while to recognize the little man and his wife. It was the peak season at her greenhouse, and she was busy with a feeding frenzy of customers. But as their appetites for Impatiens and phlox … Continue reading →

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