Musings, Mutterings, and Aw Shucks
A Collection of Short Stories, Essays, and Features
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From "Rhinestones Are A Gal's Best Friend,"
"Do I look like a woman who gets her own poccorn?" Sexy glared at Oscar. "Well do I?"
Sexy didn't rouge her cheeks, sculpt her lips, and wear tight jeans to be ignored. For forty years, Oscar made a habit of not ignoring her. Since the day the big galoot asked her for a first date he had called Maxine "Sexy." ... That was then, and now they stood in the lobby of the movie theater behind the Hot Springs Mall. Sexy glanced around the lobby for onlookers--her audience. Only two high school kids, heads together, giggled behind the concession counter. Totally into their selves, she thought.Disappointment flickered across her face. With an air of one in charge, she stepped over empty popcorn bags and candy wrappers carelessly scattered about the floor and stood beside the popcorn vending machine. Pounding on the counter, she tured and bellowed, "Oscar!"
O'scar's rhinestone-trimmed leather jacket glittered un the lights as he walked over to Sexy. "Why honey bunch, do I look like the kind of guy that would let my rhinestone gal buy her own popcorn?' Grinning at the gaping kid behind the counter, he patted Sexy on the derriere and pulled his wallet from a back pocket of his jeans. ....
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On a hotter than Hades evening in southwest Arkansas, a preacher arrives at a crossroad village to convince those gathered that if they follow the word of God, they will not have to experience the real heat of Hades. In a heap of sweaty flesh, Miss Elsie Waylock plops in the middle of a center-row bench, unaware that the bench is dangerously sagging and threatening to crack at any moment. It is what happens next that sends Jimmy Hickok into a fiery hell created by none other than his mother.
In Musings, Mutterings, and Aw Shucks, author Elizabeth Carroll Foster shares an entertaining collection of short stories, essays, and features that highlight eclectic characters, embellish true experiences, and eloquently illustrate unconditional love, disappointment, and friendship. Divided into sections that comprise short stories followed by essays, Foster shares a poignant, occasionally witty compilation that allows others to reminisce about holidays gone by, sympathize with middle-aged women unwittingly caught up on the cusp of the Women’s Liberation Movement, empathize with young single mothers, and love a golden retriever just as he loves his master. Musings, Mutterings, and Aw Shucks provides an unforgettable glimpse into both imaginary and real-life worlds that share a timeless and fresh perspective on life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.About the Author
Elizabeth Carroll Foster was a journalist, editor, and freelancer for regional newspapers and magazines. As a military wife for twenty-five years, her joy was following her husband from pillar to post and mothering four children and a dachshund. This is her fifth book.