Diane Mason Gray Court Record Mgr for CLCT

Court Reporters: Please read this first

Did you ever return from a job and say to yourself, I ought to write a book, but it's just too overwhelming, and who's got the time? Here's a free place to chronicle those unusual days and odd occurrences in snippets before you forget about them. I've already written a couple,...
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Diane Mason Gray Court Record Mgr for CLCT

Reporting School Discoveries

In reply to the question to write about one's greatest achievement in my life, I wrote the following: Since only one in ten students graduate from stenotype school, I would have to say that this has been my greatest achievement. The fall after graduating from Frank W. Cox High School in 1970, I...
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Golden V. Adams Jr.

If I Could live it over. . . .

Prompt:  If you could go back and relive any part of your life what would you do differently and why? Over the many years since I was a child, I have had many experiences that have been a result of some of the mistakes I made as a youth.  Would I...
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Rachel Johnson

If I Could Go Back and Do Something Differently.....

The most important thing I have ever done, I did when I was still quite young myself.  I was a married girl of 20 when I became a mother.  I was separated from my husband at 21 and divorced at 22.  I then became a single parent.  Though I did the...
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Sandy Jones

20/20 Vision

20/20 Vision
This months' story prompt is: "If you could go back and relive any part of your life what would you do differently and why? I've heard people say "I wouldn't do ANYTHING different, because it made me who I am". NOTHING? Really? Sure we learn from our mistakes and foolish behaviors,...
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Charles William Spratt

What I Could Change In My Life

The November Story Prompt is a tuff one . If you could go back in your life and change something what would you change. I read my cousin Millard Don Carriker’s story and I pretty much agree with him. Where would I be now if I changed anything. If I would...
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Millard Don Carriker

Cannibal Kings and Gasoline

Cannibal Kings and Gasoline
During the darker days of “The War” (to the “elders” of today’s society that always means “WWII.”) gasoline was stringently rationed. Drivers were issued “A,” “B,” or “C” decals to put onto their windshields and a rationing book filled with coupons that could be redeemed only on a week by week...
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JUSTIN ERIK CORMIER

If I could go back and change something.....

I wish I studied harder in school! My folks were not pushy in the "gotta get ultra educated" department when my brother and I were groing up.  Both of them came from blue-collar working-man families and they really didn't understand what it was like to be college educated and how that...
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Joseph Pirolli

In the South Pacific

In the South Pacific
B oot camp completed, I was sent to Morehead Teachers College in Kentucky. The course work was generally Math &Science. After Graduation, With two other Sailors, we were  sent to an Army Base in New Jersey.We blended in wearing Army clothing, taking field trips etc. Our purpose of being with the...
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Legacy Blog

December Story Prompt- Week 1

One of the greatest rewards of having lived a long life is the perspective gained from experience. In every culture since the dawn of man the elders shared their wisdom with the young. Sharing this wisdom not only enriches the lives of those with whom it is shared but also provides...
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Redefine Life TV

Family Pickle

Family Pickle
Family Pickle is as fast and frenetic as New York itself, a show about a family dynasty that flourishes in clamor, a maelstrom of histrionics, laughter, and sandwiches so big that “if you can put your mouth around them then we made a mistake,” says Sandy, who—with wife, Marian—runs the Carnegie...
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Millard Don Carriker

The Roads I Have Taken

Wishing one could go back in time and relive some part of one’s life is tempting,  but with a little reflection it is easy to see that changin  perhaps even a small decision or action is loaded with unintended, life changing consequences.   The poet Robert Frost made this point clearly in...
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Diane Mason Gray

If you could go back and relive any part of your life what would you do differently and why?

"The best I could do is the best I could do" comes to mind when attempting to answer the question posed. Hindsight is always 20-20, and I can't imagine anyone not wanting to do something over again if given the opportunity, but we know we cannot go back in time; therefore,...
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Annie Payne

Christmas Baking

Christmas Baking
Last Sunday I spent the day baking the first of my Christmas baking - 9 Christmas cakes. I started the process a month ago by digging out my special Christmas fruit jar and filling it with dried currants, sultanas, raisins glace cherries, candied orange peel, chopped dried apricots, glace peaches and...
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Barbara A. Hotelling

Sydna's Childhood Memories

   Here are some memories for you:                 During wwII, while living at grandparents house, at 7 yrs. old;  I wanted a dog, so seeing a huge conch shell being used as a door stop-I got the idea to make that my dog and put a rope around it and drug...
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Suzanna Rawlins

Holiday Traditions/Food

I was born December 23 so my first cake was a home made red velvet cake made by Mom.  White icing thank you - not that nasty cream cheese stuff.  Always decorated with red and green icing as well.... Decorations on top of the cake would change over the years depending...
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Millard Don Carriker

Sand Hills, Watermelons, and Blackberries

A couple of miles west of my home town, Caney KS, after crossing an old iron truss bridge spanning the muddy Caney River on a narrow asphalt country road there was a crossroads.  To the north the road ran a few miles and then fizzled out.  To the south it turned into...
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Susan Darbro

Holiday Cranberry Salad

Although we never lived near the rest of our family, my mother always made an effort to connect with them durig the holiday season - which was a great thing, since my grandmother was the best cook in the entire universe. (Go ahead; put up your dukes. I stand by my...
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Sandy Jones

Stuffing ROCKS but it's not a Holiday meal without the Cheesy Carrots

Stuffing ROCKS but it's not a Holiday meal without the Cheesy Carrots
If you  know me,  you know I love to cook, and I'm an eater.   I keep with tradition for the most part, but every few years I have to mix it up with a new side dish or dessert.  My favorite thing on the table at Thanksgiving or Christmas is...
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Barbara A. Hotelling

My Memories of the Farm

Yes, Bo, I remember the Farm very well. I remember spending the night with Grandmother and Grandaddy Anthony and then coming home telling my mom about the awful stuff Grandmother had me take before I went to bed. Turns out it was castor oil. I don't remember any sleep overs after...
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