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Uncle Curt - Story written 8/2006

Well, the outpour of support for my writer's block was unbelievable! I'm blamimg it on the weather and the fact that Jonathan was out of town last week -- I'm worse than Crabby Road's Maxine without my Jonathan. When he got home, he reminded me of an EXCELLENT story that I have not conveyed to any of you. It was triggered by the Kirby Vacuum Cleaner salesman who came to our door Friday night. My great uncle Curtis Bradley (Neenie's older brother) was a Kirby Vacuum Cleaner salesman, but he also had a big honkin farm in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. His property was off a state route road and he had a gravel road as a driveway -- you had to pull onto the gravel road and stop to unhitch the gate to drive up to his home. He had a nice home -- a pond that was in the bend of the gravel road, and the cattle were always grazing nearby in the lush green pastures. He and his wife had a wonderful life there. One day, he bought a brand new car. He and his wife turn off the stat...

Ice Storm 2009

Trickle, trickle trickle….Once an annoying sound at 3am from the bathroom faucet, has now become an anthem in the Frey household as the ICE IS MELTING FROM ICE STORM 2009 IN KENTUCKY!!!! Remember that line in the Wizard of Oz said by the Wicked Witch as she is melting after Dorothy doused her with water? “I’m melting! I’m melting! What a world! What a world!” Yesterday as Mr. Frey and I shopped and drove around completing our Saturday errands – one errand being to purchase bird food and I’ll get to that story in a moment, we marveled at the beauty of the sparkling ice that was beginning to melt. It looked like millions of diamonds sparkling in the sun. It was one of the most beautiful sights I’ve ever seen. Our breathtaking winter wonderland will soon turn into flood waters I’m sure, but for right now, I’ll take the melting, icy diamonds. You have to marvel at mother nature. We had willow trees bent over 20 feet in the front of our court from the ice storm, but today, they are back in ...