Reading Time: 12 minutesTales from a Tacky Travel Log What child that grew up with Lisa Frank on every binder doesn’t dream of seeing a sea turtle in the wild? …
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Reading Time: 9 minutesWhen I was around 12 or 13 years old, my mom had a stalker. Maybe this is implied in “stalker”, but this guy was a real piece …
Reading Time: 11 minutes“Who is going trick-or-treating today?”, Sister Wilma asked. She looked up over her round, wire-rimmed glasses, short hair done in a perm. My hand shot up on …
Reading Time: 4 minutes*Everyone’s name has been changed because I sure ain’t asking permission to talk about them online It’s always been a treat taking the people in my life …
Reading Time: 3 minutes*I changed my aunt’s name to protect her pristine reputation When I was a kid, my aunt was on the Jerry Springer Show for a lesbian love …
Reading Time: 3 minutes*Names changed for those I gossip about because that shit is embarrassing One of the great mysteries of being from a small, mid-west town: There were only …
Reading Time: 4 minutesCape Girardeau, Missouri, colloquially known as “Cape”, was populated for probably more than 12,000 years. But not surprisingly, it is named after a French trader who set …
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was riding my bicycle home and was going downhill. My mind was wandering. It was dusk and as I picked up speed, bugs were slapping me …