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A HANK WILLIAMS STORY
JIMMY SWANN
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A PLANE, A JALAPENO, AND A PARACHITE
#27rp - My wife, her nephew, Akira, and his friend, Kentaro, both 12 years old and visiting from Japan, and I, flew down to Acapulco to meet my mother…
Aug 25
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LOCUSTS
#161 - They “had to” keep the hoppers out of the main well near the house and the root cellar. If they could do that, they could survive.
Aug 15
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James Ron
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MORNING BREW
#160 - I take it all in and in a few minutes, I’m full. I got my fill. It’s my fix.
Aug 5
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James Ron
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July 2026
SHAW JUNCTION
#159 - They were from Georgia. They lost everything when Sherman marched through during the Civil War. Their mother got sick and died. Their father went…
Jul 25
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THE GOLDEN SLIDE
#26rp - On the last stage, we ran the tub over a ground hornets’ nest. James was stung multiple times as he escaped back up the rope. He had nowhere to…
Jul 15
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PIRATE GOLD
#158 - The old boat had no identifying numbers. He pushed it out into the bayou to go where it would. It might even make it to the Gulf. Even if found…
Jul 5
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June 2026
DETECTING, AND BEING UNDETECTED
#157 - The foreman handed him two small gold coins. He looked, his posture changed. That was when the fever got him. He and the foreman looked at each…
Jun 25
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AT PRIEN LAKE
#156 - The gold coins shined as bright as the day they were struck. They looked at the coins wide-eyed. “They’re legit. That’s about $30K right there…
Jun 15
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James Ron
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AT WHISKEY CHITTO CREEK
#155 - ‘There is a cache of gold doubloons buried somewhere here.’ I remember the hole. It wasn’t very deep. My pa said, ‘Hidden but easy to access…
Jun 5
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James Ron
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May 2026
HOLLY BEACH
#154 - Johnnie served up burgers and sourdough buns on paper plates and pointing to a small side table at the ketchup and mustard, said smiling…
May 25
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James Ron
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JOHNNIE COMES HOME
#153 - “Hey, Dad, I saw your friend, Johnnie, a couple of days ago. He was leaving the JD Bank parking lot in that rig of his. You know, with that white…
May 15
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IN A HOT SPRING
#152 - Charles leaned back against the rock face; just chillin in a hot spring, up to his chin in clear hot water, buck-naked, legs stretched out.
May 2
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