Here is one of my favorite family stories, one that always brings a smile to my face and a warm feeling in my heart for my mother. S: Around 1995, when both my parents were still alive, my sisters, my brother and I, each took a day when we would drop in on them and…… Continue reading Sugar
Category: Story
January 1977
Many of us have heard stories from our parents and grandparents that start out ‘When I was a kid…’ and go on to tell how much different everything was way back when. Not only did a loaf of bread cost 10 cents and milk come in glass bottles left at your front door, but butter…… Continue reading January 1977
Snowy Snowy Night
The one School Christmas program I’ll never forget occurred in 1961, when I was in the second grade and my sister, Rita, was in first. We attended Saint Bernard parochial school in Dayton, Kentucky along with our two older sisters and two older brothers. I remember walking to school with my siblings on that cold…… Continue reading Snowy Snowy Night
Movie Theater Drama
Whenever the Lukens family – my family of origin – gets together, there is always a bout of storytelling. The following is a story that my sister Rita loves to tell on herself. She really gets into it, complete with a re-enactment, using props and audience members. It’s more like watching an episode of Seinfeld…… Continue reading Movie Theater Drama
Fred Cyote – Man on a Walk-About
I wrote this story in 2003. It first appeared in print in the ‘Record Herald’ of Washington Court House, OH. Stories are everywhere, if we just watch and listen. While on vacation I found a story in the form of Fred Cyote (He said that is how he spells his last name). His appearance caught…… Continue reading Fred Cyote – Man on a Walk-About
Ghostly Old Woman
When I was a teenager in northern Kentucky I heard and repeated many stories that were accepted as truth, but always began as ‘A friend said this happened to her cousin’s big brother’s girlfriend,’ or something to that affect. These tales seem to be similar across the country and are now considered ‘Urban Legends’, another…… Continue reading Ghostly Old Woman
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