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JohnnyOla's picture
May.16.2013
  “I don’t think I can stand another honey bun and Coke,” I disgustedly told my best friend Jimmy, as we surveyed the rack of sweet breads in the small country store just outside of Goodwater, Alabama. It was September of 1974.   I had just started going to Alexander City State Junior...
monique-annan's picture
Jan.29.2013
I left my husband Consciously, subconsciously, emotionally, financially... physically but most of all spiritually It takes some time and a hell of lot of "you" work to remove yourself from a way of thinking about your life and your marriage. It takes a lot of hurt and a lot of pain to untwist...
suellen-ocean's picture
Nov.23.2012
I had a bumper crop of sweet basil this summer and have been staring at a bowl of the dried herb for over a month. The reason I left it sitting there was because I thought the seeds might be bitter and I didn't know if I should separate them from the leaf before I stored it for my spice cabinet....
jm-cornwell's picture
Apr.05.2012
Free advice, it's the one thing that most people rarely fear to give and balk at accepting for free, the idea that something you've done is wrong or inappropriate, or worse, that you need help, especially with writing. That's what I'm offering this morning, a little free advice. I've been writing...
suellen-ocean's picture
Mar.11.2012
It takes practice but a cast iron skillet is a fabulous way to cook without oil. You can add a tiny bit of water or broth to the skillet. For example, frozen corn and onions on the skillet with a tiny bit of water - cover and simmer a few minutes Before all the water gets cooked out, crack a couple...
raymond-mallette's picture
Mar.10.2012
     How many different nutritionalists have written books and instructions and formulas, and...and...and...? Whew...enough already. There is a secret to fitness, but that secret is not in "dieting" or "15 minutes of exercise three times per week" or any of the other tid-bits...
kristen-houghton's picture
Dec.13.2011
No Woman Diets Alone - There's Always a Man Behind Her Eating a Doughnut is number 16 in the category of marriage humor, number 30 in humor essays! Many, many thanks to all! No Woman Diets Alone - There's Always a Man Behind Her Eating a Doughnut www.amazon.com“Marriage,” said Bill Cosby, “is the...
michael-seidel's picture
Dec.11.2011
  Did some thinking yesterday and this morning, an accidental by-product of someone in the coffee shop asking me for computer help.  Bit of a frustrating morning for that, a cumulative effect which meant my writing time was cut before the goal was achieved. Another writer visited my...
suellen-ocean's picture
Dec.02.2011
Sounds crazy but if extra calories stress your body why not your mind? Overload can lead to depression whether it be food or any of the other factors in life that wreck havoc on our well-being. Consult your doctor if you have depression, especially severe, but next time try avoiding eating that...
marilyn-jaye-lewis's picture
Dec.01.2011
... if I can not remember all my various freakin' user ID names and passwords???? Have you noticed that now certain sites are starting to alert you WHILE YOU TYPE as to whether or not your password is poor, good, great? And they say your password has to include one upper case letter, 2 non-...