Tag: fiction

• A Line of Birthdays

  I am not certain that we celebrated all together very many times. Papaw Freddy’s older brother, Horace was born on the 21st, the day after mine. So literally once I arrived the line got even longer. It was me then Horace, his grandsons, and then his daughter in laws. That is four Alsman Birthdays in…

  Garnetjewel

  January 23, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Band of Brothers, birthdays, books, Family, fiction, Grandpa, grandparents, Happy Birthday, Hilltop Restaurant, history, line of birthdays, meals, memories, Spencer, WW2

• Trying To Close The Chapter

  Since last night I have had a rather rough time of it. Have you ever tried so hard to put on a can on the lid of a chapter of your life you would like to forget and that you need to heal from? Closing that lid seems harder for me to do even a…

  Garnetjewel

  January 23, 2024

  God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  3 years, Barrister, books, boyfriend, cashiers, chapters, close, deep love, dialysis, emotional, exhausted, fiance, fiction, God, January, knowledge, life, loyalty, questions, sobbing, texts, togetherness, writing

• A Crazy Business Idea.-Writing Prompt

  Well… it wasn’t exactly my idea and actually us grandkids loved the idea. Of course, as my uncles love to remind me they were the two actually doing the grunt work and it wasn’t all fun. After my Grandpa Freddy & Grandma Rosemary went to Australia and New Zealand with his brother Horace and Margaret…

  Garnetjewel

  January 11, 2024

  Writing Prompt

  australia, bloganuary, bloganuary-2024-11, books, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1814, Emu's, fiction, history

• A Funny Frustrating Night

  Last night ended up being chaotic and a tiny bit funny. Unfortunately a little fur creature was in the bathroom yesterday. We have three bathrooms and I can say it was not mine. Dad had apparently declared it ‘boiled’ when he himself left for work. Once he was gone it was quite certain the thing…

  Garnetjewel

  December 13, 2023

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best, Uncategorized

  bathroom, bedtime, chaos, crazy night, door banging, door ringing, Family, fiction, frustration, funny, furry creatures, keys, life, lost keys, night, sleep, story