Autobiography
Arizona State of Mind
So, with no jobs, money burning a hole in our pocket, and a deep need to see a new part of the country, we packed up and started the hours-long drive to Arizona. From Texas, with all of our stops and such, it ended up being about an 18-hour journey. Not including, of course, the overnight stop that wasn't even planned by us that we were essentially peer-pressured to make by Madi's travel-bug grandmother...
By Raine Neal2 years ago in Chapters
Savory Mushroom-Beef Noodle Soup Recipe for a Cozy Meal
Exquisite Mushroom-Hamburger Noodle Soup Recipe for a Comfortable Feast Meta Portrayal: Enjoy the tasty kinds of this mushroom-hamburger noodle soup recipe. Overflowing with appetizing goodness, this encouraging dish consolidates natural mushrooms, tart Worcestershire sauce, and delicate cuts of hamburger for a compelling culinary encounter. Fulfill your desires with this ideal solace food that will warm your spirit. Find the simplicity of setting up this recipe and raise your cooking abilities. Try not to pass up this potential chance to partake in a bowl of unadulterated pleasure. Attempt this simple to-follow recipe today and indulge yourself with a healthy and delightful dinner. Embrace the rich taste and sweet-smelling fragrance of this mushroom-meat noodle soup. Hoist your feasting experience with this wonderful dish that vows to amuse your taste buds. Release the culinary maestro inside you and make a vital dinner that will leave everybody hankering for more.
By John Biz242 years ago in Chapters
It Wasn't the First Time I Had Died
Previously it had been about my own hopes & dreams, a recognition & accepting that my life was not my own but that I had been called by another to a purpose far more debased. Not that I couldn’t have chosen my own path—I most certainly was free to do so—but it wouldn’t have gone well.
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock2 years ago in Chapters
My Father Vanished in a Cloud of Ash
Before he died of lung cancer, my dad said he wanted his ashes spread along the freeway. Dad traveled for work. What that exactly was, he never said. He claimed to be installing draperies in the high desert with a man named Keith, who my mother and I never met and who never called the house: a true mystery man whom we doubted actually existed. It was the late 1970s, before cell phones or pagers held anyone accountable. Dad was a former bookie and degenerate gambler – a slave to the craps tables – so we assumed he was spending his time in Vegas. I thought about checking the mileage on his car after one of his trips, but never bothered. In those days, the bills were paid, so we didn’t question what he was doing or where he was going every couple of weeks. He was on the road, that was all we knew.
By Joyce O’Day2 years ago in Chapters
Freedom, at long last!
I had a troubled youth. That is the only safe way to express that. Shortly after I turned 15 we moved into a house that we had to share with another human. I use the term 'human' lightly, as this particular person would constantly make all of my friends uncomfortable, particularly those of the feminine variety (I've had issues with trusting males my entire life). This 'human' worked as a security guard, as well, and had access to firearms.
By Dave Rowlands2 years ago in Chapters
Dancing With The Devil
CHAPTER FOURTEEN. YOU DIRTY ROTTEN THIEF. I was fast asleep in an old dusty caravan on the rural outskirts of Sydney. My four children were tucked up fast asleep in their bunks. Their school clothes were neatly ironed and hung up for the morning, when I’d drive them to their schools.
By Leeza-Bridget Cooper2 years ago in Chapters
Costco's Best 7 Relieving Goodies, According to a Dietitian
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By John Biz242 years ago in Chapters
Gone Too Soon. Top Story - September 2023.
A Bridge to Hell I lifted the recent photo from my office desk and thought of my great day with my children. We had spent the last days of summer together on Lake Keowee boating. We didn't know it would be the last day the three of us spent together. Though imperfect at times, they had overcome and survived the antics and hazards of their teen years.
By J. S. Wade2 years ago in Chapters
Next Chapter - Magnetic Love?
I have fallen deeply in love three times during my life so far, and they were all intense affairs that ended with unresolved feelings. The first time was with my ex-husband. It lasted over 28 years and was a rollercoaster of incredible proportions, marked by some great loving, caring and appreciation at the beginning, and resentment, anger, and frustration at the end. When we finally parted there were still a lot of attraction, but much sadness between us.
By Elaine Sihera2 years ago in Chapters
I am Climaxing Right Now...
We've all heard the jokes about getting an English degree. The difference from a large pizza? The pizza can feed a family of four. Why is the president calling? To get a new analysis of Hamlet, obviously. And so on. As such, when I was nearing the end of my undergrad, I needed a plan for skipping the starving part of starving artist.
By Matthew Daniels2 years ago in Chapters
Red
I was well past the reasonable age for a child to know her parents' names when I learned that my father's name was, in fact, Jeffrey and not Red, a moniker coined in his childhood. The nick-name had stuck throughout his life, unlike the vibrant color of his hair from which the name originated. In my lifetime I have only known his dusty no-longer-even-strawberry blonde hair, that fades further with each year.
By Sam Rogers2 years ago in Chapters
