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| I have winter weather. all this drippiness, rain, mud, and general cold. | | |
| Watched the Contagion movie this weekend. It was fair, I guess. But now I have the sniffles! This is really odd! | | |
| trying to finish a general fiction book before the month of September is over. Doing pretty good. | | |
| Well,what has happened to my blogging? I have been busy writing and submittingo some short stories to Women's World magazine and True Confessions. Also I finished up another IR romance and got that in the pipeline. No reply yet, but these things take time! | | |
| I am keeping a blog on all this tornado damage and other stuff we are experiencing. I'll start posting it soon. It is things I have learned, good and bad. One thing is how important gasoline and water are in a time of disaster. There are so many people dead across the state, they will be having so many funerals starting soon. Another thing around here is that the cost of funerals is so high. It is not uncommon about once a month to hear of someone who doesn't have the money for the funeral and burial of a family member. Then you see a donation jar in a gas station or restaurant. Cremations are NOT popular in the South, though they have become <somewhat >more common over the years. But when you see one in the Obituary column, keep in mind it might be a non-southener who has moved here, passed away (elderly) and the family does it. But many would rather beg for you to donate rather than cremate the deceased. One married woman I know locally had a high paying clerical job, drives a nice car, has a home and takes a yearly vacation to northern Florida and rents a condo for a week. Her sister was murdered last year and even though the deceased had a grown son (I don't know his work situation) the other sister was begging for money to have a regular funeral. Now don't get me wrong, I feel sad the woman died, but hey, the sister DID have money she just refused the modern (or maybe it is ancient) ritual of cremation. It was "pass the hat" at work. | | |
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