Lovely Ireland

If you take away their stone walls and sheep, then add kudzu and table salt, Ireland somehow feels a little bit like Alabama.  We travel in order to experience new things and begin with the thought, “I’m tired of this old place. Let’s get out and see the world.” Yet once we arrive, the similarities…

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Express Lane Rules

I guess I had about 18 or so items in my buggy, but Sheila, who was working at the “10 Items or Less” lane said, “Come on through, honey, I’ll take you here.”  I hesitated and told her, “Oh, I don’t know, someone with only a box of popsicles will show up behind me and…

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Beep – Beep Cowboy

When we beep our horn, it means, “hey, how ya doing?” But outright heavy-handed honking,  means, “I wasn’t raised right and have no patience with any of you people from this small hick town.” At least, that’s how I interpret it.  We often hear the gentle “beep-beep” on one of our less-traveled side streets when…

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