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Something More
“Jewel knows the crows will come soon, then the buzzards will come to finish the job.”
Starting with a single stalk, she weaves three strands of clover the way her granny taught her two years ago, on her sixth birthday. Her granny used to bake teacakes and biscuits, fix cups of sweetened milk and coffee and serve it to her in the cup with roses on it. Her granny’s house smelled like chicken and dumplings and lavender from the garden. If the girl tries hard, she can still remember.
“Little Jewel,” her granny used to say to her, “you are more precious than any diamond or ruby.” And Jewel believed her. She finishes weaving the clover together and puts the two strands over her head to let them hang around her neck. Soon they become covered by tangles of unkempt curls.
Something More is a story from the collection, Walking the Wrong Way Home
Starting with a single stalk, she weaves three strands of clover the way her granny taught her two years ago, on her sixth birthday. Her granny used to bake teacakes and biscuits, fix cups of sweetened milk and coffee and serve it to her in the cup with roses on it. Her granny’s house smelled like chicken and dumplings and lavender from the garden. If the girl tries hard, she can still remember.
“Little Jewel,” her granny used to say to her, “you are more precious than any diamond or ruby.” And Jewel believed her. She finishes weaving the clover together and puts the two strands over her head to let them hang around her neck. Soon they become covered by tangles of unkempt curls.
Something More is a story from the collection, Walking the Wrong Way Home
12 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 6, 2024
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Mandy Haynes
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Mandy Haynes has spent hours on barstools, at backstage venues, and riding in vans listening to tales from some of the best songwriters and storytellers in Nashville, Tennessee. She now lives in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her three dogs, a turtle, and a grateful liver. Walking the Wrong Way Home was a finalist for the 2017 Tartt Fiction Award.
Mandy worked for twenty-six years for Vanderbilt University Medical Center before deciding to run away to Amelia Island. She started as a clerk, working in the mailroom and making thousand of copies of patients medical records - but worked her way up to finish the last sixteen years as a pediatric cardiac sonographer at Monroe Carroll Jr. Children's Hospital.
Some of her favorite memories include her time as a receptionist/administrative assistant in Addiction Psychiatry, break-room antics with her fellow refund clerks, and of course all of the families and children she met in cardiology.
Fans of Fannie Flagg, Sue Monk Kidd, Wiley Cash, Rick Bragg, Harper Lee, and Harry Crews might enjoy her writing style. These stories are for readers who like to chase their stories with a shot of whiskey while burrowed under a hand stitched quilt.
Mandy Haynes has spent hours on barstools, at backstage venues, and riding in vans listening to tales from some of the best songwriters and storytellers in Nashville, Tennessee. She now lives in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her three dogs, a turtle, and a grateful liver. Walking the Wrong Way Home was a finalist for the 2017 Tartt Fiction Award.
Mandy worked for twenty-six years for Vanderbilt University Medical Center before deciding to run away to Amelia Island. She started as a clerk, working in the mailroom and making thousand of copies of patients medical records - but worked her way up to finish the last sixteen years as a pediatric cardiac sonographer at Monroe Carroll Jr. Children's Hospital.
Some of her favorite memories include her time as a receptionist/administrative assistant in Addiction Psychiatry, break-room antics with her fellow refund clerks, and of course all of the families and children she met in cardiology.
Fans of Fannie Flagg, Sue Monk Kidd, Wiley Cash, Rick Bragg, Harper Lee, and Harry Crews might enjoy her writing style. These stories are for readers who like to chase their stories with a shot of whiskey while burrowed under a hand stitched quilt.
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