Uncle Henry
Uncle Henry won the Blakenship award posthumously last week.
It made the local papers and the evening news. Only our family knew that he should have won it years ago. The Dean of the College babbled on with the flagrant lies, as he was being interviewed.
Uncle Henry was a private man and he kept to himself mostly, but he always managed to work seven days a week. We loved our visits with him and he enjoyed our company. He had some quirky ways about him, for instance he would serve us cheese & crackers on a silver platter. But, he also kept us mesmerized with his exotic tales of all his worldly travels. He had pictures throughout his home which reflected on those travels. One in particular, was always an eye catcher. It was of himself, astride a camel, in front of a pyramid. He was a great collector and often would let us handle and play with certain artifacts. We especially liked the guns from his Civil War collection.
Uncle Henry also had great appreciation for music. He had a great fondness for the clarinet, although, he never had the time to learn to play any instrument. On special occasions, he would turn up the music and cook us a special meal via the microwave. For the longest time, he would tell us that he was on a long "absent without leave". We never knew what he meant by that nor did we care.
We just laughed and then we would tease him about his blue jeans. They were always baggy and did not fit him properly, but that did not bother him. He would just smile and turn to some other artifact and begin another tale. He told us we would miss him when he was gone. We thought he meant when he was on another one of his adventures.
Little did we know, he would have only a short time left to live, and we would never see him again.
MINI Wordzzle - BETTY SUE
Betty Sue always sugar coated her stories. If the thermometer said it was 70 degrees she would kick it up a notch to 72! She always added a bit extra to everything...even her sweet tea!
Betty Sue always loved it when the County Fair was in town. She especially had a secret fondness for watching those young boys on the tractor pull.
Betty Sue also loved the way the preacher, in the evangelical tent, could sway the crowd with his words and girations. She would have fantasies of traveling with this group to far off lands and spreading the good word.
Her husband Billy Bob knew Betty Sue lived in La-La Land and he saw right through her masquerade. He didn't care though, because he loved her dearly, even her sweet tea!
MEGA WORDZZLE - The AWARD
It was decided to give a posthumous award to the widow, Mrs. Dennis, for her husbands service to the company. Although, there was some flagrant misgivings upon doing so by certain members of the board, all the regular staff knew how hard Mr. Dennis worked. It was said he worked hard seven days a week. He did this to help keep the company afloat.
As the champagne flowed and the cheese and crackers were consumed, Mr. Billings presented the award to Mrs. Dennis. He then proceeded to talk about the history of the company and how the company was involved in preserving a great pyramid and how closer to home, they unearthed some very interesting Civil War artifacts.
Mrs. Dennis sat quietly and when Mr. Billings finished his speech and when she heard some piped in clarinet music playing over the loud speakers, she decided to leave. She said her goodbyes and while passing Mr. Billings, she heard him talking about some new project involving microwaves and space. More lies she thought. At that moment she would rather have been "absent without leave" or something to that effect. She was just tired and longed to be at home with her blue jeans on and drinking a glass of wine and just relaxing on the couch.
She thought, "why would anyone want to stay here and listen to anymore sugar-coated lies"? As she left the building a slight breeze took her by surprise. She thought her thermometer showed it to be warmer than what it felt like now. She was soon glad to be inside her warm car and more than ready to get home. She remembered something about a fair being in town, so she decided to take the longer route home. Her husband always loved the fair and especially the tractor pull event. She found it all a bit boring and was not fond of that evangelical preacher, who brought his whole group of followers into town, at the same time. She finally arrived at home and she suddenly realized she would no longer have to play masquerade anymore. She would start her new life at this very moment. She sighed, entered her kitchen, kicked off her shoes and proceeded to pour herself a large glass of wine.
Uncle Henry won the Blakenship award posthumously last week.
It made the local papers and the evening news. Only our family knew that he should have won it years ago. The Dean of the College babbled on with the flagrant lies, as he was being interviewed.
Uncle Henry was a private man and he kept to himself mostly, but he always managed to work seven days a week. We loved our visits with him and he enjoyed our company. He had some quirky ways about him, for instance he would serve us cheese & crackers on a silver platter. But, he also kept us mesmerized with his exotic tales of all his worldly travels. He had pictures throughout his home which reflected on those travels. One in particular, was always an eye catcher. It was of himself, astride a camel, in front of a pyramid. He was a great collector and often would let us handle and play with certain artifacts. We especially liked the guns from his Civil War collection.
Uncle Henry also had great appreciation for music. He had a great fondness for the clarinet, although, he never had the time to learn to play any instrument. On special occasions, he would turn up the music and cook us a special meal via the microwave. For the longest time, he would tell us that he was on a long "absent without leave". We never knew what he meant by that nor did we care.
We just laughed and then we would tease him about his blue jeans. They were always baggy and did not fit him properly, but that did not bother him. He would just smile and turn to some other artifact and begin another tale. He told us we would miss him when he was gone. We thought he meant when he was on another one of his adventures.
Little did we know, he would have only a short time left to live, and we would never see him again.
MINI Wordzzle - BETTY SUE
Betty Sue always sugar coated her stories. If the thermometer said it was 70 degrees she would kick it up a notch to 72! She always added a bit extra to everything...even her sweet tea!
Betty Sue always loved it when the County Fair was in town. She especially had a secret fondness for watching those young boys on the tractor pull.
Betty Sue also loved the way the preacher, in the evangelical tent, could sway the crowd with his words and girations. She would have fantasies of traveling with this group to far off lands and spreading the good word.
Her husband Billy Bob knew Betty Sue lived in La-La Land and he saw right through her masquerade. He didn't care though, because he loved her dearly, even her sweet tea!
MEGA WORDZZLE - The AWARD
It was decided to give a posthumous award to the widow, Mrs. Dennis, for her husbands service to the company. Although, there was some flagrant misgivings upon doing so by certain members of the board, all the regular staff knew how hard Mr. Dennis worked. It was said he worked hard seven days a week. He did this to help keep the company afloat.
As the champagne flowed and the cheese and crackers were consumed, Mr. Billings presented the award to Mrs. Dennis. He then proceeded to talk about the history of the company and how the company was involved in preserving a great pyramid and how closer to home, they unearthed some very interesting Civil War artifacts.
Mrs. Dennis sat quietly and when Mr. Billings finished his speech and when she heard some piped in clarinet music playing over the loud speakers, she decided to leave. She said her goodbyes and while passing Mr. Billings, she heard him talking about some new project involving microwaves and space. More lies she thought. At that moment she would rather have been "absent without leave" or something to that effect. She was just tired and longed to be at home with her blue jeans on and drinking a glass of wine and just relaxing on the couch.
She thought, "why would anyone want to stay here and listen to anymore sugar-coated lies"? As she left the building a slight breeze took her by surprise. She thought her thermometer showed it to be warmer than what it felt like now. She was soon glad to be inside her warm car and more than ready to get home. She remembered something about a fair being in town, so she decided to take the longer route home. Her husband always loved the fair and especially the tractor pull event. She found it all a bit boring and was not fond of that evangelical preacher, who brought his whole group of followers into town, at the same time. She finally arrived at home and she suddenly realized she would no longer have to play masquerade anymore. She would start her new life at this very moment. She sighed, entered her kitchen, kicked off her shoes and proceeded to pour herself a large glass of wine.
4 comments:
Three excellent entries. Sorry I am late arriving. Not sure how I failed to get here. You need to work on your relationship to Mr. Linky. You're getting your name there but not the link, although Mr. Linky appears to be out of commission again at present. I don't know how the blogosphere will function without him. He is such a handy chap to have around. But I ramble. I loved all three of our stories, especially the first one.
Raven: Thanks! I will have to revisit Mr. Linky soon...seems like time is slipping away from me. I think I need a Lap top, so I can have access 24/7 to the puter! :D
On hiatus?
G-Man: Just couldn't get the 55 going last week...will do one this week for sure!
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