The Best of The Worst
This blog features writing from my younger years … from mortifying diary entries and bad poetry to high school newspaper articles and short stories. As a tortured teen, I would have been crushed had my poignant poems and powerful prose not been taken seriously. But the funniest things are often those that are unexpected, and re-reading my efforts as an adult, I find that I was often at my best and most entertaining when I was trying to be anything but that.-
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Grandma Was Right – Chapter 5
It was the last day of school and all of the kids got yearbooks. They were supposed to come a week before that but they were late. Everybody was signing yearbooks. But Barbie was so excited about going on their … Continue reading
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Tagged Brothers, Camping, Fishing, Lost, Parents, Summer
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Grandma Was Right – Chapter 4
Ah! Saturday at last. Barbie thought it would never come. She wanted to go to the park, but she remembered the last time, so she decided not to go. Instead she called Cindy, her best friend.
Posted in Fiction, Grandma Was Right, Humor, Run Away, Terribly Earnest
Tagged Bored, Brothers, Grandma, Police, River, Terribly Earnest
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Diary – January 13, 1979
First of all, I don’t want to go into big detail about anything. ‘A’ had some veins twisted in his balls and had to get ’em operated on. If he didn’t one of ’em woulda shriveled up and died. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged Accident, Brothers, Cringeworthy, Diary, Future, Parents
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