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Woody: A Newspaper Tale

Mmmmffff. Here comes another one: “Hey, where’s Woody? Didn’t he know this is his party?” “Norm told him. Lisa told

They used a carriage instead of a real horse drawn hearse. Christ off the cross, stretched out sideways on a

You better believe I dressed up! I was about to make a statement. A girl has to dress for the

Five more minutes and Emily is leaving. It is already quarter past 12. She told her sister noon. Where is

“So, the new guy?” Margo leans over the top of my blue cubicle, the rough fabric surface presses into the

The book surprised her. It lay on the corner of the bathroom sink as though her brother was reading it.

Richard stands by the kitchen door and holds the dog’s sturdy halter; strong woven threads in bright red. Sammy is

“I work myself to death just to fit in . . .” – The Who, Quadrophenia A year before the Watergate

Genevive hates horse shows. She and her daughter, Paige, have risen well before the sun to prepare for this one.

(This story is loosely based on several lunch conversations I had with my Grandma Lillian in the 1980s. She taught