Brother Love 6 — A Ring

Have you been following Teagan’s new serial story? If not, you should get yourself over to her place, because this story is too interesting to pass up. The story is set in Mississippi in the late 1950s-ish, and it has mystery, music and Brother Love himself. Go ahead, get on over and take a look.

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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Rottary phone black Dan Antion Vintage rotary phone, photo by Dan Antion

Welcome back to the crossroads.

As you know, Dan Antion shares his photographs to illustrate Brother Love. I make the serial “interactive” by letting things left by readers drive everything about the story.

I’ve completed at least six long-running serials here at Teagan’s Books — each of them written spontaneously and driven by “things” from readers. Perhaps the thing I enjoy most about writing these serials is involving you readers. I just had another idea for how to do that. I’m naming the businesses in fictional Parliament, Mississippi after readers! Keep an eye out for a couple of them today. I hope you’ll take a moment to visit all the links.

The reader “thing” today is a Coke from Mary J Melange. Be sure to check out her marvelous blog. Say hello to Gibbs and…

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June 4, 2019

Operation Opportunistic Observation

A funny thing happened on my way to talking about WordPress technical support – I told a story about a mortgage company I worked at while I was a consultant. A couple of weeks ago, I told you about how a crude flow diagram helped me “figure out” where the problems were – hint, they... Continue Reading →

June 3, 2019 79

Not the Foggiest – #SoCS

It’s time to take Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt to the bar, but Linda has made this particularly hard for me (just ask The Editor). “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘silent/silence.’ Use one or both in your post. Have fun!” Silence is not my strong suit. Still, let’s... Continue Reading →

June 1, 2019 84

The Power of Beer – #WATWB

If you follow my Saturday series, you may have heard me mention Corona Beer. I have come to prefer Corona over other lagers, and now I have a new reason to support the brand – the Corona “Losing Blue” can. Corona is brewed in and imported from Mexico. Mexico is a country whose economy depends... Continue Reading →

May 31, 2019 61

May Potluck – #ThursdayDoors

May has been a crazy month, and although I have a lot of door pictures, I still have to fill-in some of the information about them. Therefore, today, as the title suggests is a day for leftovers. Since I’m still using the Classic editor, I can provide the information that I have about these doors... Continue Reading →

May 30, 2019 78

Bad Timing in the Drive-Thru – #1LinerWeds

Unlike people who have completed the switch to credit cards and payment apps, some of us still carry a little cash, and many of us are a little obsessive about the denomination and storage of cash in our wallets. I like a mix of notes, and I like all the presidents to be upright and... Continue Reading →

May 29, 2019 97

Brother Love 5 — A Face

Did we find out whose face was on that wanted poster? What’s up with the woman and the little girl? How significant was “Love Potion No. 9?” What’s Jinx up to? – You know you want the answers, so head on down to the Crossroads.

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Saturday, May 25, 2019

4th n Vine Sign Image tomfoolery from Teagan

Welcome back to the crossroads.

As you know, the popular blogger and photographer Dan Antion illustrates Brother Love. I try to bring Dan into some of the process of creating the story. The “things” for this chapter led me to a scene that required some knowledge I didn’t possess — dark-haired actresses of the era. At the time Dan was visiting his brother, Bruce, and they both took up the challenge. Read on and you’ll see what I mean.

Sometimes my life creeps into my stories, with small parallels. I’ve been having a disfiguring allergy problem. (It’s finally a lot better, thanks. Apparently running its dreadfully long course, just as they said.) I guess that’s why my narrator for this story became conscious of her appearance in chapters 4 and 5.

Birdie Devovo can’t afford to dress “to the…

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May 28, 2019

Memorial Day 2019

It would be hard for me to write a better post for Memorial Day than the one I wrote in 2017 after visiting Arlington National Cemetery. Many of you read that story. Your comments made the post so much better than I could do on my own. If you haven’t read that post, or if... Continue Reading →

May 27, 2019 63

Kicking the Elephant’s Ankle – #SoCS

It’s Saturday, we’re back in the bar, dealing with a challenging prompt from Linda G. Hill: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘rhymes with rosy.’ Find a word that rhymes with ‘rosy’ or use the word ‘rosy’ and base your post on it. Enjoy!” I know Linda said “word” but I’m going... Continue Reading →

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