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Mike Handley's Blog – May 2012 Archive (3)
Smokin'
Ten o’clock Friday morning, two women in housecoats were smoking in dinette chairs on a porch no bigger than a sheet of plywood. Two shotgun houses away, three men worked on a late model Ford, hood raised, its right front wheel on blocks.
One of the shadetree mechanics kept hitching up his pants, which required that he bite the tip of his cigarette to free his hands. He was…
ContinueAdded by Mike Handley on May 7, 2012 at 10:37pm — 14 Comments
Immaculate Conceptions (6x3)
“Isn’t it gorgeous?” the woman beamed, thrusting the just-framed decoupage plaque in front of the art gallery’s owner.
“Sure is,” he smiled gently. “Did you do it?”
“Goodness, no,” she answered. “It was done by … by …,” she fidgeted with the edge, as if trying to peer under a corner. “I guess it doesn’t have an artist.”…
ContinueAdded by Mike Handley on May 6, 2012 at 12:30pm — 7 Comments
His Master's Voice
The Jack Russell terrier, red leash coiled on the grass beside him, cocked his head in front of the giant speakers flanking the Front Street stage.
While Vince Johnson and his Memphis-based Plantation All Stars praised the virtues of big-legged women, little-legged girls danced on the bricked street, oblivious to the lyrics.
As the shadows from the nearby Yazoo River…
ContinueAdded by Mike Handley on May 6, 2012 at 11:30am — 3 Comments
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