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Mural painted by my friend Patty Wells

Patty Wells Mural As you’re looking at Sammy Terry look to his right and back a little bit. I’m wearing pink, Do you see me? To the left of me is Edgar Allen Poe. This is hanging in a restaurant in Madison, IN.

Las Vegas circa 1980

Went to Vegas with my boyfriend at the time and three of his friends. The picture was taken at a restaurant after I’d won a super jackpot at a one arm bandit machine. I’d taken the winning back to the room and locked them in my suitcase. When I came home I deposited them in […]

My Dear Friend, Great Horned Owl — Lancelot

This is me with my Great Horned Owl, Lancelot. Yes, he was a wild bird and alive. And no, he wasn’t biting my finger. I had my finger under his chin so he’d raise his head for the photographer. No one else could hold him. I never ever wore gloves, his beak was not filed nor his […]

Pets Growing Up

Yep, we had a lot of pets. Billy the goat, Willie my black lamb, Pretty Boy pony and before him there was Tony. Then there was Gertrude the squirrel. When mother and I sat on the front porch she’d lay flat at mother’s feet like a little rug. When I sat in the backyard in a lawn […]

Ronnie Willis & I

Ronnie Willis This is me with my oldest brother Chester’s oldest son, Ronnie Willis