ginnyannette(25)•in #nature•206 days agoIt's Good to Know All Sorts of People“The deer died of strangulation.” It’s a weird statement to hear first thing in the morning. Life is weird though. My husband was standing in the bedroom, havin...6ginnyannette(25)•in nature•206 days agoIt's Good to Know All Sorts of People“The deer died of strangulation.” It’s a weird statement to hear first thing in the morning. Life is weird though. My husband was standing in the bedroom, havin...6
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•706 days agoBig Cypress vs. The EvergladesWe were starting to see billboards that read Airboats and Alligators! and a line from The Sound of Music kept running through my head. These are a few of my fav...28ginnyannette(25)•in life•706 days agoBig Cypress vs. The EvergladesWe were starting to see billboards that read Airboats and Alligators! and a line from The Sound of Music kept running through my head. These are a few of my fav...28
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•760 days agoI'll Take the ShortcutThe ocean was angry, but probably not at the people standing in the parking lot in front of it with large signs. They said something about the Bible, but I didn...14ginnyannette(25)•in life•760 days agoI'll Take the ShortcutThe ocean was angry, but probably not at the people standing in the parking lot in front of it with large signs. They said something about the Bible, but I didn...14
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•765 days agoBlood is Christmas RedAll was entirely too quiet out there in the darkness. There was an odd smell in the air, sort of like how Sprite tastes, but combined with smoke. If it were pos...5ginnyannette(25)•in life•765 days agoBlood is Christmas RedAll was entirely too quiet out there in the darkness. There was an odd smell in the air, sort of like how Sprite tastes, but combined with smoke. If it were pos...5
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•769 days agoSociety Needs Parades and CriticsGetting up at dawn on a Saturday morning to go hunt for parking is not one of my favorite things to do, but it has become a tradition that belongs to the beginn...18ginnyannette(25)•in life•769 days agoSociety Needs Parades and CriticsGetting up at dawn on a Saturday morning to go hunt for parking is not one of my favorite things to do, but it has become a tradition that belongs to the beginn...18
ginnyannette(25)•in #love•784 days agoYou Don't Say I Love You To People That Aren't Family, Correct? “I love you!” a five-year-old boy sitting on the bench dressed in full karate uniform shouted out to his friend. His father’s forehead wrinkled up. “You don’t s...22ginnyannette(25)•in love•784 days agoYou Don't Say I Love You To People That Aren't Family, Correct? “I love you!” a five-year-old boy sitting on the bench dressed in full karate uniform shouted out to his friend. His father’s forehead wrinkled up. “You don’t s...22
ginnyannette(25)•in #travel•821 days agoA Trip to D.C. - Monuments, Museums, and People that Aren't HorridBirds were singing, and the sound of leaves swishing overhead made it impossible not to imagine yellow sweetgum leaves, and scarlet maples fluttering to the gro...23ginnyannette(25)•in travel•821 days agoA Trip to D.C. - Monuments, Museums, and People that Aren't HorridBirds were singing, and the sound of leaves swishing overhead made it impossible not to imagine yellow sweetgum leaves, and scarlet maples fluttering to the gro...23
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•903 days agoThere is no sadness is such a death, the bees seemed to buzz. Nothing to worry about, thought the honey bee, it’s just a dead human. He whizzed past my face without a care in the world. The longer I rested there in corpse ...4ginnyannette(25)•in life•903 days agoThere is no sadness is such a death, the bees seemed to buzz. Nothing to worry about, thought the honey bee, it’s just a dead human. He whizzed past my face without a care in the world. The longer I rested there in corpse ...4
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•927 days agoThe Beer-Bellied Fundamentalist and IThree thick slices of banana bread went into the bag and off we went, as the sun was already getting too high. We found a nice spot next to some surfers—the her...7ginnyannette(25)•in life•927 days agoThe Beer-Bellied Fundamentalist and IThree thick slices of banana bread went into the bag and off we went, as the sun was already getting too high. We found a nice spot next to some surfers—the her...7
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•931 days agoAre We Dating The Same Guy?Facebook is going the way of the dodo. I can’t complain. I’ve been patiently waiting for the groups that I use on it to find their way to another platform. No s...15ginnyannette(25)•in life•931 days agoAre We Dating The Same Guy?Facebook is going the way of the dodo. I can’t complain. I’ve been patiently waiting for the groups that I use on it to find their way to another platform. No s...15
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•940 days agoThunder Coming Out Of My Fingers I was standing on a chair in my living room holding a long thin branch with a piece of thread dangling off one end, attached to which was a pink stuffed dog. “R...34ginnyannette(25)•in life•940 days agoThunder Coming Out Of My Fingers I was standing on a chair in my living room holding a long thin branch with a piece of thread dangling off one end, attached to which was a pink stuffed dog. “R...34
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•953 days agoWho Makes the First Move? Who Breaks the Treaty?I go out walkin’ after midnight Out in the starlight Just hopin’ you may be Somewhere a walkin’ after midnight Searchin' for me Patsy Cline songs pop into my he...10ginnyannette(25)•in life•953 days agoWho Makes the First Move? Who Breaks the Treaty?I go out walkin’ after midnight Out in the starlight Just hopin’ you may be Somewhere a walkin’ after midnight Searchin' for me Patsy Cline songs pop into my he...10
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•958 days agoSometimes there is a magic to car problems, or maybe I am just an optimist.Sometimes there is a magic to car problems, or maybe I am just an optimist. On this particular occasion the magic I am referring to had to do with a screw, rush...30ginnyannette(25)•in life•958 days agoSometimes there is a magic to car problems, or maybe I am just an optimist.Sometimes there is a magic to car problems, or maybe I am just an optimist. On this particular occasion the magic I am referring to had to do with a screw, rush...30
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•1012 days agoSitting in a Field of Slow-Simmering Strawberries“Hurry up! You are going to miss your flight!” my son shouted as he took ahold of his sister’s arm and pulled her onward. Their outlines as they raced down the ...12ginnyannette(25)•in life•1012 days agoSitting in a Field of Slow-Simmering Strawberries“Hurry up! You are going to miss your flight!” my son shouted as he took ahold of his sister’s arm and pulled her onward. Their outlines as they raced down the ...12
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•1033 days agoMaybe She Has Finally Hit Rock Bottom Her long hair hung down around her shoulders like chunks of brown seaweed all dry and tangled on the beach. Her dark tanned face had a distant look of youth to ...11ginnyannette(25)•in life•1033 days agoMaybe She Has Finally Hit Rock Bottom Her long hair hung down around her shoulders like chunks of brown seaweed all dry and tangled on the beach. Her dark tanned face had a distant look of youth to ...11
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•1142 days agoRoad Trip Day 16 or so: The Nashville Area and the Hardness in Sadness It is easy to sneak up on her now. You can walk all the way up onto the porch and rock the old rockers and tap around on the wooden planks that clunk underneath...15ginnyannette(25)•in life•1142 days agoRoad Trip Day 16 or so: The Nashville Area and the Hardness in Sadness It is easy to sneak up on her now. You can walk all the way up onto the porch and rock the old rockers and tap around on the wooden planks that clunk underneath...15
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•1148 days agoRoad Trip Day 13 (maybe): The Man That Managed To Redeem All Of Kansas“My aren’t you exciting, Kansas. Just get a look at those…hay bales.” If Colorado’s Rocky Mountains are the equivalent of a teenaged heartthrob, then Kansas is ...15ginnyannette(25)•in life•1148 days agoRoad Trip Day 13 (maybe): The Man That Managed To Redeem All Of Kansas“My aren’t you exciting, Kansas. Just get a look at those…hay bales.” If Colorado’s Rocky Mountains are the equivalent of a teenaged heartthrob, then Kansas is ...15
ginnyannette(25)•in #travel•1153 days agoRoad Trip Day 12 (or something like that): Pike's Peak And That Town Where Horror Movies LiveYou know how in cartoons the greedy characters will have dollar signs appear in their pupils? Or when someone is really angry we say that the person is seeing r...7ginnyannette(25)•in travel•1153 days agoRoad Trip Day 12 (or something like that): Pike's Peak And That Town Where Horror Movies LiveYou know how in cartoons the greedy characters will have dollar signs appear in their pupils? Or when someone is really angry we say that the person is seeing r...7
ginnyannette(25)•in #travel•1166 days agoRoad Trip Day 11: Cañon City, Colorado and My Boots“My hands are sweating. Keep talking,” my husband said. We were driving on a road that was on a scraggly strip of very tall rock. It was a narrow strip, like th...14ginnyannette(25)•in travel•1166 days agoRoad Trip Day 11: Cañon City, Colorado and My Boots“My hands are sweating. Keep talking,” my husband said. We were driving on a road that was on a scraggly strip of very tall rock. It was a narrow strip, like th...14
ginnyannette(25)•in #life•1169 days agoRoad Trip Day 6 (a wee bit of backtracking): Mohawk Man and the Tiny New Mexican Tavern “Yo!” My husband yelled through the open windows of the van as we approached the only parking spot anywhere nearby, and a tiny one at that. The man standing nex...34ginnyannette(25)•in life•1169 days agoRoad Trip Day 6 (a wee bit of backtracking): Mohawk Man and the Tiny New Mexican Tavern “Yo!” My husband yelled through the open windows of the van as we approached the only parking spot anywhere nearby, and a tiny one at that. The man standing nex...34
