I Have Never Lived in a Castle

  I Have Never Lived in a Castle Non-Fiction     Rebecca Carroll © 2005 The dark is steadily creeping over the peaks of the pink, turquoise, and green houses to the east. It is gathering in the corners, reaching its long fingers behind the thick evergreen shrubbery that hides the opossums and other creatures [...]

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My Life As A Nose

I just added the link for my story “My Life As A Nose” that  is published in Wilderness House Literary Review. http://www.whlreview.com

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Fangs and Family

Last Wednesday, I gave a talk/reading on my book, Milk Glass Moon. The English department sponsored the event, and they wierdly and interestingly paired me with Chris C. who wrote a book about werewolves in Pigeon Forge. They called the event \”Fangs and Family\”! I made it lucrative for my students to attend by offering [...]

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Dancing with Daddy

Dancing With Daddy Rebecca Carroll ©April 2009 Dad’s cancer hung over my sister Janet and my heads like a heavy snow. Our words and thoughts seemed muffled, subdued. The Christmas holidays were upon us, and we dared not put words to the thoughts each of us held–as if saying them would give them a body, [...]

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The Old Tin

The Old Tin Rebecca Carroll © 4/26/09 Where Dad found the old piece of roofing tin, we don’t know. Perhaps it came with the place Dad bought in 1959 along with the four or five old sheds, the old bottles strewn throughout the property, and the traces of an old road bed. I’m guessing it [...]

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Critters

Have you ever seen a baby squirrel? This morning, I was outside watering some new plants when I came upon a baby squirrel on the deck. It was scared of me, so it ran toward the screened in porch only to be frightened by Poopsie (the cat) who was inside the screened porch but certainly [...]

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Shasta Daisies!

Last summer, I planted a packet of shasta daisy seeds. Wow! I had shasta daisies everywhere! I gave them away, transplanted them all over the yard, sold them at the aucton and at a yard sale, and I still have so many. So, a quick way for some pretty flowers, plant the seeds. You may [...]

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So I wrote a little book . . . .

So, I wrote a little book called Milk Glass Moon. It is a plain little book; it won’t end up in the halls of literary greats. But, it has brought pleasure to many people already.  The people it is about were plain old country folks.  A small tale, but its impact was huge! Once, there [...]

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Darn it!

Last night, my husband was helping me with trying to figure out how to work the blog, and he said, “Darn it!” And, I, trying to match his usual wit, said, “I don’t have a darning needle.” That got me to thinking about all the household tasks that we don’t do any more–like darning socks! [...]

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