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Spring Comes To Rode Apple Junction (Part 4)
Welcome to the stories about Rode Apple Junction, a small rural community where people are fair, but small-minded. It is where being yourself is fine, but it is okay to try something else just to confirm you are not so … Continue reading →
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Tagged as farmers, humot, lawyers, road construction, rural life, rural living, short stories, Spring, stories
A Place Called Serenity: Doc and Chuck (Part 2)
(Continued from last week) It was rumored Doc moved often because of Chuck. Chuck’s strange ways often lent to speculation and fear. If anything peculiar might happen Chuck was blamed or suspected immediately. When Doc spoke he was loud and smiled. One … Continue reading →
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Tagged as children, children playing, family, humor, life, ogre, rumors, stories
How Pete Became A Radio Personality In Rode Apple Junction
(Continued from last week.) Jade Randall’s window, Margie, called out, “Hey Pete, I got a whole trunk full of Jade’s tools; do ya think ya can get somethin’ for ‘em?” “Jade was a man who loved his tools,” Pete said over the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as auction, fiction, gas station, humor, inspiration, life, radio, rural life, small town, stories, tools radio personality
What Will Life In The Fast Lane Get You?
We were in our mid twenties and had three children. It was a struggle. There was little money for going out like a lot of young adults our age. Occasionally we put the children to bed and ordered a pizza … Continue reading →
Filed under Essays, Jittery Goat Store
Tagged as bars, Beer, class mate, couple beers, fast lane, good pizza, happening man, humor, kids, life, life in the fast lane, marriage, old friends, pizza, sharing the wealth, stories
Repercussions: The Potbelly Stove of Rode Apple Junction
In the middle of the Jittery Goat Cafe sits a potbelly stove. There is a railing around it to keep kids away so they don’t burn themselves, but it’s used mainly to prop shoes and boots against. It’s a place … Continue reading →
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Tagged as honesty, potbelly stove, repercussions, short story, stories, truth
It’s a Simple Cup
Searching for a Good Cup Some coffee cups have character. I don’t pick out a coffee cup unless the character is already there or shows signs it can be developed later. It’s kind of like being college recruiter except I’m looking … Continue reading →
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Tagged as china cup, coffee cup, coffee cups, coffee taste, college recruiter, garage sale, gourmet coffee shop, hope diamond, Lima, Ohio. coffee, restaurant, stories
Dos Equis’ “the most interesting man in the world”
There is something in us that wants to be “that guy.” Commercials appeal to that “something.” That is the appeal of the Dos Equis commercial; “the most interesting man in the world.” Everybody wants to be “that guy,” no matter how … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Beer, Dos Equis, Dos Equis man, drinking, most interesting man in the world, stories, story telling, t-shirt
