6/7/18

Walter had always been extraordinarily skeptical of Pierre's alleged abilities with voodoo and offered to serve as an example of it during a late-night weekend party. Visitation was the following Tuesday evening with services Wednesday afternoon...

The Dazzling Diegos had quite an act going with their weightlifting skills until one day when their circus cohort Coochie (of "Coochie and the Coo-Coos") tickled Don in the wrong spot and he dropped the weight on his instep...

Denise was thrilled with her new blouse, but she never even got to try it on because her brother Terry had ruined his own shirt changing the oil in his Chevy right before the birthday dinner and he asked if he could wear it instead!

7/6/17

Angus tended to get along okay with Tinkles and ordinarily wouldn't have minded the bunk-bed setup that their owner Miss Allison created for them. However, many times his upstairs bunk-mate was too lazy to get up in the middle of the night and head for the kitty litter, creating an unfortunate scenario for him...

One of Peru's top community theatre groups became the first to adapt "The Fantasticks" into a Spanish language production and it ran continually for six years!

On her very last day before retiring from the Princess Line, Julie McCoy hosted a life preserver splash-down contest which was a lot of fun for the guests, but sort of drench the nearby appetizer buffet.

11/17/16

Although Arthur and Evelyn had gone all out in their Halloween costumes and decorating, their party had to be classified as a failure since no guest could stand to look at them for longer than ten minutes before getting the creeps and leaving!

Leatha couldn't believe her incredible luck when her very first portrait sitting led to offers for modeling jobs. The let-down came, however, when she arrived at the first gig and discovered that she'd been hired to model ladies gloves and that her face would never be seen...

During Wertheim's first visit to America, the neighbors thought it might be a fun ice-breaker and mixer to enjoy a spirited game of Duck Duck Goose on the front lawn, but it all went south when he misunderstood the directions involving "goose."

Bonus Pic: By far, Margot's favorite activity at Undulating Acres Health Farm was learning calisthenics from Marty, the on-site physical education director.

2/16/16

During a particularly enthusiastic viewing of the annual Miss Universe Pageant, Rowena couldn't help herself from screaming at the TV for Miss Portugal to loosen up and wear her evening gown "off the shoulder" if she had any intention of winning!

Princess Meghan of Denmark inspired many people during her many goodwill tours of foreign nations, but did find Transylvania to be rather unsettling. She was also unsure if her only escort, a diminutive air force flyer, was going to be enough in the way of security.

Minh Thu fell deeply in love with Sergeant Ronald Kelly and returned to America with him for what was supposed to be a lifetime of wedded bliss. However, when - after nearly twenty years of marriage - he suddenly decided to give up his stripes and live life more frequently as Pickles the Clown, a mild sense of dread began to seep in...