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 Mrs. Andrews walked past him with her shopping
cart.
“Going to do some sewing, Windy?”
“Oh hi there, Miz Andrews. Well … you know how it is. Gotta have a
modiclum of needles around in case a cow cuts herself up on a
bobwire fence.”
“Oh I see,” she said, wandering off.
Annette George, owner of the Soup ‘R Market, stood by the cash
register and smiled. Windy’s at it again.
Windy went into the personal hygiene section of the store and picked
up five packages of dental floss. The unflavored kind. Then he went
up to pay for them.
“Hi Annette.”
“Hey Windy,” she said. “Starting another quilt?”
He looked around. Okay, no one close.
“Yep,” he said. “Thought I’d try a Grandma’s Flower Garden pattern
this time. Looks like a booger to piece together, but I might could
be ready for it.”
“Who’s it for?” Annette asked. She knew Windy made these quilts for
others, often anonymously, because there are some folks who wouldn’t
understand an old cowboy and camp cook who sewed quilts for a hobby.
She also knew he sewed them with dental floss because it was
stronger than thread and was easier to thread through one of those
big needles.
“Randy Jones and Katie Burchell’s baby,” he said.
Annette’s mouth dropped open. “You mean, they’re expecting?!!!”
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“Well,” Windy said, “I heard they got engaged.”
“Yes?”
“So they’ll prolly get married, don’t ya think?”
“Okay…?”
“So someday they’ll have a baby and this quilt is for the kid.”
“Windy,” Annette said, “that could be … years.”
He grinned. “At my speed, Annette, I figger I might jest be right on
time.”
[Text from file received from
Slim Randles]
Ol' Jimmy Dollar
is Slim Randles' first children's book. The book is for kids
K-3rd grades and is even better when parents read it with children.
Ol' Jimmy Dollar makes for sweet dreams and if you have a dog
even better. Available now on Amazon.
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