This story comes from Marcia Wiedemeier in Burlington. It was a hot Sunday morning. As we were getting ready for church, my husband, Dan, looked out the bathroom window and spied a pink, …
With cold weather upon us, and people heating their homes, the danger of house fires increases as temperatures drop. This story takes place in 1954. Mass vaccination of children against …
I was eight and just beginning to comprehend that there might not be a Santa Claus. It was my older sister that put the tectonic shock in my head. “It's Mom and Dad, stupid,” …
Marcia Marshall was not going to be outbid. She started the bidding high for a date with the good looking blonde haired gentleman in a flashy tuxedo. She had a feeling about this …
It was August,1980. 34-year old Head Nurse Marcia Marshall was working at the Mental Health Institute (MHI) in Mt. Pleasant. She needed to change the dressing on the hands of a patient, …
I heard a voice. It was a young female voice coming from, it sounded like, the inside of the wall, or maybe the attic, or guest bedroom. Or maybe even from town. We live a couple of …
November 3, 1989, I lay on my living room floor covered with blood, bleeding to death. It was 2:00 am. I had drunkenly pitched through the glass top of my coffee table and cut myself to …
There was an explosion and AK-47 bullets ripped through the tent. John rolled out of his cot. Before he hit the ground a bullet nicked him in his left buttock—like Forest Gump, he …
“Pronoic” is the opposite of “paranoic.” A “paranoic” is a person who believes the world conspires against them. A “pronoic” believes the …
There was a blinding light in the night sky above the Empty Nest Farm. It was like we had a second yard light. I looked up to see the fullest moon beaming proudly and majestically over …
We put Buddy, our dog, on The Green Bean Diet. He was getting quite obese and we had to do something about it for his health. I don't allow obesity in myself, I don't allow it in our …
I'm humbled as well as flattered to be invited to my hometown of Monroe for a “Meet the Author and Book Signing.” It will be at the Monroe Public Library, 416 Buchanan St, on …
