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ginnyannette

@ginnyannette

The storyteller's life, one snippet at a time.

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ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Jun 21, 2025, 5:21 AM UTC

It's Good to Know All Sorts of People

“The deer died of strangulation.” It’s a weird statement to hear first thing in the morning. Life is weird though. My husband was standing in the bedroom, having been the first up that morning to fee…

190 upvotes 1 downvotes 6 replies $3.88
ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Feb 7, 2024, 5:19 AM UTC

Big Cypress vs. The Everglades

We were starting to see billboards that read Airboats and Alligators! and a line from The Sound of Music kept running through my head. These are a few of my favorite things… The children were tired o…

218 upvotes 28 replies $6.68
ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Dec 15, 2023, 6:32 AM UTC

I'll Take the Shortcut

The ocean was angry, but probably not at the people standing in the parking lot in front of it with large signs. They said something about the Bible, but I didn’t look any closer because I didn’t wan…

686 upvotes 14 replies $15.54
ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Dec 10, 2023, 6:42 AM UTC

Blood is Christmas Red

All was entirely too quiet out there in the darkness. There was an odd smell in the air, sort of like how Sprite tastes, but combined with smoke. If it were possible to burn a soda as though it were…

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ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Dec 6, 2023, 6:07 AM UTC

Society Needs Parades and Critics

Getting up at dawn on a Saturday morning to go hunt for parking is not one of my favorite things to do, but it has become a tradition that belongs to the beginning of December, and my son. It would s…

176 upvotes 18 replies $6.03
ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Nov 21, 2023, 7:01 AM UTC

You Don't Say I Love You To People That Aren't Family, Correct?

“I love you!” a five-year-old boy sitting on the bench dressed in full karate uniform shouted out to his friend. His father’s forehead wrinkled up. “You don’t say ‘I love you’ to people that aren’t i…

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ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Oct 15, 2023, 4:17 AM UTC

A Trip to D.C. - Monuments, Museums, and People that Aren't Horrid

Birds were singing, and the sound of leaves swishing overhead made it impossible not to imagine yellow sweetgum leaves, and scarlet maples fluttering to the ground just outside the tent. I let out a…

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ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Jul 24, 2023, 5:15 PM UTC

There is no sadness is such a death, the bees seemed to buzz.

Nothing to worry about, thought the honey bee, it’s just a dead human. He whizzed past my face without a care in the world. The longer I rested there in corpse pose, the more the creatures grew confi…

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ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Jul 1, 2023, 6:00 AM UTC

The Beer-Bellied Fundamentalist and I

Three thick slices of banana bread went into the bag and off we went, as the sun was already getting too high. We found a nice spot next to some surfers—the heroes of the beach. (They come equipped w…

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ginnyannette
@ginnyannette Jun 27, 2023, 5:20 AM UTC

Are We Dating The Same Guy?

Facebook is going the way of the dodo. I can’t complain. I’ve been patiently waiting for the groups that I use on it to find their way to another platform. No such luck so far. And I just can’t walk…

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