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 What happens to you when you read this passage from Girl in a Foxhole by Donna McGinty? I waited for Peter and Beth at the curb, straddling my 1940 Champion bike, trying to remember when I'd added the metal bell and front wire basket and side mirrors and streamers off the handlebars. It had come with a headlight and a back-wheel rack. Gone were the stupid saddlebags I got my first Christmas in Texas back when Champion was my turquoise horse. I blushed to remember how I'd raced up and down the street, snorting and rearing up on the back wheel, shouting "whoa" and skidding to a halt. To read more click on the button below or click on the magazine cover image.   Watermelon cutting around Auntie's backyard reunion table was a neighborhood event in my day. Surrounded by yard swings for adults, and plenty of nearby stoops, steps, and stumps for kids, Uncle Bull plunged a butcher knife into the sweaty green rind. SCHUNK! To read more click on the button below or click on the magazine cover image.   This week, I went shopping at the local mall (dubbed "The Small" by my citified grandchildren), and I soon found myself distracted by displays of beautiful prom gowns. To read more click on the button below or click on the magazine cover image.   Facebook often shocks me, but nothing like today with the picture of a crushed car and my grandson, Eli, on a stretcher. Before I read he'd escaped serious injury, I knew it. To read more click on the the button below or click on the magazine cover image.  Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts  Something new at the Monroe-Walton Center for the Arts ... our first monthly Book Club event! On Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 6:30 PM meet Genie Smith Bernstein author of "Act on the Heart" novel. Her book can be purchased through the gift shop at the art center (discounted price) or online Amazon/Kindle. Lively book discussion. Light refreshments. Visit Genie's website and her author page on Amazon. You can read an overview of her book there, too. Genie lives in Athens, Georgia, and is a contributor to the Georgia Connector Magazine. There is no fee to join our Book Club. Look for a new author each month. Please RSVP to save your space! RSVP Email Address: mag@monroeartguild.org  Nothing makes my heart skip a beat like receiving an envelope covered with stickers announcing “Author-Publisher Contract Enclosed.” Gulp! Yippee! And then to see the title of my story collection, Skating on the Septic Tank, typed officially on the contract. It’s happening! Happened?  All in one book, my stories published in Georgia Connector Magazine, including my South
Carolina Carrie McCray award winner, and a sprinkling that were in other publications. A dream fulfilled, prodded into being by my friend Paige Cummings. Not only am I thrilled, I’m proud to have accomplished such a body of work. Where did time go? Skimming through my stories answers that question. Along with the changing world, I see myself and my siblings growing up, my own children with their children, and my parents aging. Name an emotion – love, joy, fear, jealousy – even a little pride and prejudice. You’ll find it in Skating on the Septic Tank. Also, humor. That gets us through all the rest. Soon I’ll have a concise answer when people ask, “Where can I read your stories?” Their next question will be “when?” I’m shooting for Christmas 2018. Fingers crossed. |
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