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December 21, 2009 10:16 AM EST --
Until the United States Senate and House begin to realize that this is The United States of America and not The United State of Florida, United State of Maryland, United State of Georgia or the United . . .
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December 20, 2009 01:41 PM EST --
Raising children is a very difficult task, especially in this day and age. Somehow, I made it through the trials and tribulations of raising my children and I am very proud of each and every one of my . . .
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December 16, 2009 12:13 PM EST --
"A local committee concerned with the fate of Dozier School for Boys was formed at a Monday night meeting called by NAACP state officials.
Late last month, NAACP Jackson County President Richard Patterson . . .
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December 14, 2009 09:13 PM EST --
As I turned the corner and entered the hallway, the little princess, in full princess dress stood, her head somewhat down, tears were running down her four-year-old cheeks.
“What’s wrong . . .
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December 14, 2009 09:08 PM EST --
At the age of 10, I could not figure out what it was that this Elvis Presley guy had, that the rest of us boys didn’t. I mean, he had a head, two arms and two legs, just like the rest of us. Whatever . . .
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December 13, 2009 12:53 PM EST --
Not a sound could be heard as we boys ran back and forth to one of the three upstairs bathrooms of the large two-story white brick orphanage dormitory building.
DAMIT IT! Hurry it up, people are waiting . . .
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December 13, 2009 10:59 AM EST --
Last evening I took my Granddaughter, Madison around to see the various homes which every year put up extensive Christmas lights and decorations. There is one section of town known for its beautiful displays . . .
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December 12, 2009 04:38 PM EST --
MRS. USHER
After I was released from the Florida School for Boys at Marianna (reform school), I was locked up in the juvenile hall for months. I refused to ever return to the Children's Home Society. . . .
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December 11, 2009 05:22 PM EST --
I was very excited and smiling from ear to ear. It was several days before Christmas and all the children from the Children's Home Society Orphanage had been loaded in several large buses. We were being . . .
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December 10, 2009 04:31 PM EST --
http://www.flixxy.com/best-christmas-lights-display.htm
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December 10, 2009 01:05 PM EST --
Throughout the years, many times as I looked back upon my past I was not sure if I had ever really loved anyone as a young man. Having been raised in an orphanage my entire childhood and never having . . .
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December 08, 2009 06:34 PM EST --
One day the old German Shepherd starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. . . .
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December 07, 2009 07:24 PM EST --
I GOT STOPPED FOR SPEEDING THIS MORNING .
I THOUGHT I COULD TALK MY WAY OUT OF IT UNTIL THE COP LOOKED AT MY DOG IN THE BACK SEAT.
(See attached picture)
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December 04, 2009 04:08 PM EST --
MARIANNA — The cottage is snared in vines, as if the jungle is trying to consume the bricks and broken glass. It sits on an abandoned edge of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, a 109-year-old . . .
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November 24, 2009 12:33 PM EST --
In the last week my stepdaughter, Karen contacted me after finding me through Facebook.com. It has been almost twenty years since the last time I had seen her. Even then, it had been an additional twenty . . .
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November 20, 2009 07:33 PM EST --
Gov. Charlie Crist moved swiftly and appropriately Wednesday to order an investigation of the travel expenses of Frank Peterman, secretary of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Peterman has held . . .
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November 20, 2009 12:15 PM EST --
Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots, etc. This is the first warning I have seen for men. I wanted to pass it on in case you haven't heard about . . .
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November 17, 2009 11:28 AM EST --
I guess it was sometime in the late 1980s when I left Jacksonville, Florida and returned to Modesto California. I had purchased a home off Strawberry Lane and Yosemite Boulevard and the American dream . . .
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November 09, 2009 11:35 AM EST --
Every night when I watch television there are three or four Allstate commercials which tell viewers how much cheaper Allstate is over Geico. That may very well be true at this moment in time. Having been . . .
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November 02, 2009 06:12 PM EST --
As a child, Halloween did not mean much to me or any of the other children living at the orphanage. It was just another day that those living outside the gates of the orphanage got to celebrate and enjoy. . . .
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Roger Kiser
Brunswick, Georgia
Roger's Books: http://www.americanorphan.com
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