Writing on pinakidion

Writer's Block

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Odyssey Authors

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Literary Notes

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Trial of Jeremiah Levi Matherson

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I know what your book says about him, but that doesn’t mean that it is true. Listen here, Mark, I know that you think everything in books is true, but that just idn’t so. This guy writes about local history, but he weren’t here to live it. He’s from New Jersey. What does he know about us? Nothing. Not a dang thing. Take for instance what he says about Buffalo City, or what he don’t say. They had a train stop that went to Atlanta and Charleston. He don’t even mention that, but he sure goes to a lot of trouble to talk about all the stores they had and the electrical lights and all that modern stuff. Daddy told me all about Buffalo City. Your Grandma lived there. While your Grandpa was courting her, he would drive up there and try to sound all up-to-date by naming all the new stuff they had and bragging about how he knew how to work the new washing machines.

But that’s another story, and you idn’t at all interested in stuff like that.

Fistful of Diamonds

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Mark was sitting on the front porch of Matherson’s store watching the town’s most prominent men play cards. Mark wasn’t playing today. In fact, it is said that the two surest ways to throw away money are to buy a boat and play cards with Mark Pritchett. Anyway, today he was not in the business of making money for his boat. Instead, he was trying to teach his grandson the art of playing cards. Mark had always considered the art of cards as the one good thing he could give to his children and to their children. (His son Matt made his own way through college.)

“Now Caleb, the first thing you do is play cards where there’s a cat. Cats are instinctive. They know who’s going to win the money and how long a person’s going to play before he leaves.”

Caleb listened on with temporary devotion.

“Now you see Ol’ Numbers, there? He’s been here about as long as I have. Now, he weren’t raised no dummy, he knows what he’s doing. " Mark paused to catch his breath. “Now see,” he said pointing to the cat, “he’s sitting under Zach over there and a-wagging his tail. That means Zach’s gonna win, but he ain’t gonna play for more than twenty minutes or so. You got that?” Mark pointed at Officer Zachary Taylor and Judge Tillett. “Now listen very carefully to what they say.”

Random Quote

Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Where Are You From?

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000