Category: PART OF A SERIES
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SO LONG & FAREWELL: Chapter 6
This is the sixth chapter of a seven part story that will run all this week. Whiskey ended up being the toughest one to find the right farewell for. That surprised Mason McCullough, as he never thought it’d be any trouble at all. Suppose that’s due to the fact that he never really sat and pondered Whiskey…
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SO LONG & FAREWELL: Chapter 5
Whiskey picked up Mason a block away from Kristen’s house in the old Ford pick-up truck. Mason opened up the tailgate so Sutton could jump in the back. “You been waiting long?” Mason asked his friend behind the wheel. “Just long enough. How’d it go?” “Forty years of things to say and forty minutes to say ‘em. ‘Bout as…
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SO LONG & FAREWELL: Chapter 4
This is the fourth chapter of a seven part story that will run all this week. “It’s time to get the Cougar ready,” Mason told Whiskey. There was no immediate response. Even Sutton looked over at Whiskey to see if he’d heard the comment. Whiskey was pondering a response, measuring out his words to be…
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SO LONG & FAREWELL: Chapter 3
This is the third chapter of a seven part story that will run all this week. By the time Mason got back from his sister’s in Fredericksburg, the toll the trip had taken on him was obvious. Even Sutton looked weary as he turned in circles a few times before falling into a heap in front…
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SO LONG & FAREWELL: Chapter 2
This is the second chapter of a seven part story that will run all this week. Lucinda was caught off guard. That doesn’t happen often, so she wasn’t sure how to respond to the event. She sat down in the booth and gathered her thoughts as she looked at the title to the new Bronco with her…
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SO LONG & FAREWELL: Chapter 1
This is the first chapter of a seven part story that will run all this week. Mason McCulloch was a pragmatist. He’d done well for himself. When he was young he attributed that to his skills and talents. Now that he was in the late autumn, or early winter of his life, he could look…
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Chapter 7: Silent Night
This is the final chapter of a holiday series that started Monday, November 27th. Doug was out of his chair and out the side door from the kitchen like a bullet. In the driveway, he looked at the passenger side of the Country Squire in total disbelief. A moment later, Bobby ambled out. He had a beer in…
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, CHAPTER 6: White Christmas
This is the sixth chapter of a holiday series that started Monday, November 27th. Grandma Nolan was up long before the sun. The tuna hot dish was just coming out of the oven when the others began to stir and make their way to the chrome percolator for a hot cup of Folgers to wake…
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Chapter 5: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
This is the fifth chapter of a holiday series that started Monday, November 27th. The Country Squire eventually made its way back to the brick Tudor home of Doug’s youth in Ferndale. Doug’s family felt like they knew him a little better having seen the town he grew up in, the high school he graduated from,…
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, Chapter 4: We Three Kings
This is the fourth chapter of a holiday series that started Monday, November 27th. The next morning, the smell of the breakfast being cooked filled every floor of the house, coaxing the occupants of each room out of the warmth of the old quilts they were under. All but Stan. Everyone else made their way to the…