Blogspot - thedustwillwait.blogspot.com - THE DUST WILL WAIT
General Information:
Latest News:
The Brothers -- A Mystery Solved 20 Jul 2013 | 11:07 am
When my mama and her eldest sister passed away in the summer of 1993, there were some boxes of old photos that came into my safekeeping. Some had belonged to my grandmother Grace. Others were from h...
Spring 10 Apr 2013 | 06:36 am
When I left the house the other morning to head West on a 4 hour drive that takes me through the gorge, I wasn't expecting the fierce wind. Teach me to check the weather report through the Columbia G...
More Conversations ….With 17 Mar 2013 | 10:04 am
Grandchildren Grandma: Dinkum -- let me give you a hug and a kiss Dinkum, 5 1/2: If you have Fifty-five bucks. *** Z-bub, 7 1/2, shares his brother's belief that he’s too old to be kissing grandma....
Two Thousand Thirteen 2 Jan 2013 | 04:34 am
The years keep rolling. The 60’s, The 70’s, The 80’s, the 90’s Doesn’t it seem that Y2K was just last year? ( Hey, what did we call the decade ending in 2010? The Aughts? My daddy might have said ...
Goodbye 2012 2 Jan 2013 | 03:21 am
Goodbye 2012.
Crowded Exit 16 Nov 2012 | 09:05 am
"Mom! Look! That woman is crawling over the barrier on the overpass!" It was a weekend in July and I was with my youngest daughter and her two children at the fast food drive-up window where we ha...
Conversations with Grands and Grand Old Dames 10 Sep 2012 | 10:01 am
Dinkum Devo: Grandma ..... Grandma.... Grandma walks from the kitchen into the family room where Dinkum is on his knees by the coffee table, elbow on coffee table, head on hand. Grandma: What sweetie?...
Not Esther Williams.... 9 Sep 2012 | 09:08 am
Last Saturday morning a fruit fly did a swan dive into my cooked oatmeal with raisins. I was able to scoop him out immediately. Later, while chewing, I started worrying that it might have been a syn...
You have entered …The Headlight Zone 21 Aug 2012 | 02:10 am
It was 1990, and my nephew Matt was in love. It’s a love story that needs to be told. But, not today. No. This story is about a brisk October night in Arkansas. A short story that, 22 years later, st...
Aunt Deloris Memories 13 Jul 2012 | 03:29 am
Aunt Deloris will be 92 this year. She doesn't seem old at all. When I stopped to see her this weekend she shared a story from 1938, when she and my mama's youngest brother were sweethearts. Deloris...
