Author: Doris Bailey
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The Day I Didn’t Quit Smoking
A friend told me about a man down in New Hampshire who could hypnotize you to quit smoking. I had been smoking for a few years and this seemed like a good idea. Also, our son Clark had mentioned he wanted to quit, so I called him at Lyndon State, where he was a student,…
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Dopey Things We Do
Here at Allenwood, where I now live, the majority of the residents eat dinner at night at tables of six. One night we were discussing dopey mistakes we had made and Evelyn told us this one: She was shopping one Saturday and came home, parked the car in the parking lot, gathered up her groceries…
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For English Car Owners
Doris writes: “Inspired by Gene Fodor’s British Car dicta, I thought you might like an addition in Wheel Tracks. I have had this tacked to the garage wall for several years and every word of it is true.” You probably own an English car if… You know that: A “bonnet” is not a lady’s head…