The Pressure Cooker Crowd
Christmas Card Contest
Melanie, Stew and the Turkey Hotline
Open That Bottle Night
Jimmie Keane
Dying to Get Published
The Great Wall
Joe, the Born-Again Camel
Piss Off a Politician. Vote.
"We met at noon every Tuesday, bought sandwiches, drank RC Colas, and played bunko till four o'clock when the bus delivered the children home from school. That's when I became part of the pressure cooker crowd."
"The Stewart Family Christmas Card Contest started sometime in the 1960s. Winners have been recorded since 1970."
"The newlyweds, Andy and Melanie, offered to do the Thanksgiving meal since they lived in Charleston, nearest the beach. After cooking for forty-five years, I nad not considered what a challenge cooking for twenty-one people would be for a novice cook."
"We celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with fifty family and friends at a nearby inn. Opening the bottle at this gathering was the highlight of our anniversary celebration."
"Jimmie was a freckle-faced redhead, the firstborn grandchild in the family, born in 1923. He loved being outdoors and often wandered away from his family's yard."
"His body was cremated and the ashes combined with ink. This ink was used to print a 12-part comic series."
"Steve pointed out bedrolls of the homeless under a bridge downtown."
"Joe was a handsome camel. His fur was smooth and groomed, not shaggy and falling out in patches. He said, “Some of those foreign camels let themselves go and they look like a rag rug.”
"I've voted for forty-four years since I turned twenty-one in 1956. I'm proud of that long voting record. What makes me even prouder is that I can predict with certainty who will not win."
"When I met a person with the unusual name of Alicein (pronounced Allison) Wonderland, I knew I had a story."