Tag: snake

  • More from the big house on Willow Branch

      One night my brother Allen and I woke up to a commotion in the hallway outside our bedroom door in the big house.  The light in the kitchen across the hall was on, and we could see Mama in her nightgown and Daddy in his boxer shorts and work boots.    We must have…

  • I don’t like spiders and snakes. . .

    If you’re old enough to remember the 70’s, you might remember this song by country musician Jim Stafford (I had such a crush on him!): “I don’t like spiders and snakes, and that ain’t what it takes to love me. . .”     That song has been playing over and over in my head…