On Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:59:57 -0500 WILTON via Mercedes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yep, another one already. > > DR. STRICKLAND FARM > By Wilton Strickland Thank you, Wilton. > Our special Christmas treat, as on most other Christmases during my > childhood, was a brown paper bag containing a couple of apples, > oranges, tangerines, a few assorted nuts and hard candy. Our Christmas > tree was a small pine tree from the woods nearby decorated with strings > of popcorn and small pieces of tinsel. I also peeled aluminum foil > from the insides of cigarette packs and used it to cover balls from > sweet gum trees and hung those on the tree. > ... > He was told that he could not join because our family was too > "well-off" - too "rich" - we had a cow. Mama wasn't about to get rid > of the cow, of course, so Lewis joined the Navy. How soon we forget. We are spoiled. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
