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Great Reasons to Take Flamenco Lessons

If you are considering taking flamenco lessons or you are wondering why you should get involved in with flamenco classes, you’ll find that there are many reasons to get involved. This is a type of dance that has many benefits and can provide a lot of fun and entertainment to any and all who get […]

he tried in vain to sleep

Just before midnight, Ray found a small mattress in a downstairs bedroom and dragged it into the dining room, to a spot twenty feet from the broom closet, where he could see the front drive and the house next door. Upstairs he found the Judge’s .38-caliber Smith & Wesson in the drawer of his night […]

never once had he taken them fishing

Judge Atlee was elected to the bench of the 25th Chancery District in 1959 and was reelected by a landslide every four years until 1991. Thirty-two years of diligent service. As a jurist, his record was impeccable. Rarely did the Appellate Court reverse one of his decisions. Often he was asked by his colleagues to […]

They left a few minutes after eleven

Forrest was gone, hauled away by Harry Rex, both of them drunk. Forrest, typically, became sullen and wanted to drive to Memphis. Ray suggested he simply stay there. “Sleep on the porch if you don’t want to sleep in the house,” he said, without pushing. Pushing would only cause a fight. Harry Rex said he […]

every volunteer fire department

“There’ll be a thousand folks at his funeral who were touched by his generosity. Crippled children, sick folks with no insurance, black kids he sent to college, every volunteer fire department, civic club, all-star team, school group headed for Europe. Our church sent some doctors to Haiti and the Judge gave us a thousand bucks.” […]