Author: Jim Tatum

All in The Family

So my Beloved and I went to a family reunion last weekend– the second such ordeal for her within the first three months of our marriage. Nonetheless, she bore it with her usual grace, charm and aplomb, with the result that now both sides of the family would just as soon disown me and adopt her.

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Jammin’ with the 82nd Airborne

    It could have been a complete and unmitigated disaster.    It turned out to be one of the most rocking parties Fort Bragg had everseen.    Not too long ago, my mom and her best friend — who we all call Auntie Fran — were telling tall tales when the famous Christmas Party story came up.

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Whadda Bah-gan!

    Everyone needs to do this once, so they will know to never, ever do it again.I’m talking, of course, about a yard sale.    My Beloved and I recently held one. Did okay, actually — unloaded a lot of cr, uh, items we no longer needed, and made about $200.

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Turn The Page

    I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel.    I suppose it really didn’t hit me that hard until I walked in one day and the pianos were gone. I never realized just how large — and how empty — that front room was without those two beautiful old grand pianos set just so.

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