We tossed them to see if we could hit a nearby pail when my cousin said, “If you dare me to, I can pee right on top of that big rock over there.” Under our bare feet were lots of little stones. Even though it had been a sad experience, I’d loved the smell of the damp hole in the earth. It smelled like the deep hole that Dad dug when he had to bury a puppy that died. My aunt’s cellar had a floor and walls of dirt. Their cellar was different from the basement under Grandmother Peal’s house, which had concrete walls and floors. It was during a visit to my aunt’s house that Sonny and I decided to play in the cellar. Mama and Aunt Bernice got together once a week to sit around the kitchen table to gossip, drink coffee, and giggle while Sonny and I played and the babies drooled all over each other in the playpen. Sonny and I were four years old, and we both had baby brothers. My favorite cousin shared his steely marbles with me whenever I was extra special nice to him, so I was nice to him all the time.

Guest Post: Sandi Corbitt-Sears, Editor.

ART LESSON: How to Create a Line Drawing.

The Sure Fire Black Hole Rodent Trap vs Mr.

Homemade Booze: a story that didn’t get into “The Home for the Friendless.”.

Welcome to the Home for the Friendless.

Dreams of Flying at the Home for the Friendless.

Tattling in the Teepee (excerpt from the Home for the Friendless).

Halloween and the End of the World by Betty Auchard.

Nose Rags (excerpt from The Home for the Friendless).

Written When We, Myself and I Turned 80 in August 2010 by Betty Auchard.

The Stranger and the Preacher by Betty Auchard (Part 1).

The Gourmet Dinner (Part 2 of The Stranger and the Preacher).

The Inquisition (part 3 of the The Stranger and the Preacher).

Music Appreciation-Polk School-Cedar Rapids Iowa-1939.

Thanksgiving Wedding (sorry it’s late, but better late than never.).

The Picture Palace by Guest author, Pauline Chand.

Meet Mona Lisa and Vincent Van Groundhog.

Moving, Moving, Moving Toward the Future: excerpt from my next book titled “Living with Twelve Men.

Aunt plays with my dick