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winter solstice, the great conjunction and k.t. oslin


Last night Pretty came home from a trip to the upstate, sat in her favorite chair, started peeling shrimp from the low country for supper and mentioned we needed to be sure to go outside to view the Great Conjunction … Continue reading

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ships that don’t come in


“To those who stand on empty shores and spit against the wind and those who wait forever for ships that don’t come in.” Joe Diffie (d. 3-29-20) recorded these words written by Paul Nelson and Dave Gibson in 1992; I … Continue reading

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prop me up beside the jukebox if I die


Lordy, Lordy.  I think I’ve just seen the green weenie, as my paternal grandmother used to say when she saw something so inexplicable she was at a loss for descriptive words. For example, if the  preacher at the Richards Baptist Church … Continue reading

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Ships That Don’t Come In


“To those who stand on empty shores and spit against the wind and those who wait forever for ships that don’t come in.” Joe Diffie recorded these words written by Paul Nelson and Dave Gibson in 1992 and I hear … Continue reading

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