September 2013 – Marsha Ingrao

The Accidental Vacation: Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven Jumbled Vacation Journal “I had no problem writing in my journal when I used a mechanical pencil,” she grumbled to Vince. “So I couldn’t find my pencil, and […]

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The Accidental Vacation Chapter Six

Chapter Six Settling in on Sunday Like the fog lifting the in the morning sun, The Twilight Zone of optimism surrounding Vince began to burn off. With each telltale defeatist […]

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Accidental Vacation: Chapter Five

Chapter Five Has The Transmission Come Yet? Vince remained in his Twilight Zone of Optimism for several more days after the truck’s transmission lost everything but first gear and reverse. […]

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Accidental Vacation Chapter Four

Chapter Four “The car rental agency in Crescent City, CA had one car. We have water, and we have food,” Vince stated abnormally joyfully. He flashed his wife a boyish […]

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Accidental Vacation Chapter Three

Chapter Three Finally Camping The next morning Marsha and Puppy Girl checked out ATV prices at the log cabin store next to the campground. For only $45 an hour she and […]

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The Accidental Vacation Chapter Two

Chapter Two Settling into New Digs It was just a short drive the next morning from picking up the trailer to the Oregon Dunes KOA where they were scheduled to […]

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The Accidental Vacation

Chapter One Just the Right Trailer Vince had been looking online for months after he sold the family trailer at the coast for something more portable to replace it. Two […]

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Manny’s Metropolitan Marathon: London, England

Dear Mom, I learned a lot at Ute’s school. Did […]

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Book Review: Thirty-Two Going on Spinster by Becky Monson

Normally the adjectives cute and funny would not describe: spinster, […]

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Abandoning Sordid Pasts and Moving On

If you live as long as I have, there might be something SORDID in your past if folks cared enough excavate the artifacts to uncover it! Personally I want my […]

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Manny’s In Heaven

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the “life” Manny has been leading this past month. I just got word today that he has gone to teddy bear […]

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