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by Brett Bowen
December 4, 2002
(Soon to be: The Curran Chronicles)
Hey Ya’ll!
Well let me begin by saying that Monte got it all wrong again. I did not tell him I was going to be off a couple months on special assignment in Bobville! What I actually told him was I would be off a couple of months helping rebuild an old Pontiac Bonneville! Cell phone static, cell phone static!
Now the real story--I’ve decided to start writing some Serials, remember when we used to go to the picture show on Saturdays and they ran the Serials? You got part of the story the first Saturday and then you had to go back the next two Saturdays to get the whole story. Well, welcome to the beginning of the Curran Chronicles and I think you’ll enjoy them. Actually Gary Curran and I had discussed a Saga Series, where we would use the Montgomery, Dobbin, Dacus and surrounding areas and begin some stories using fictitious names, locations and so on. How many of you are familiar with Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keilor, Prairie Home Companion? Well those that are, know what I’m getting at and those that don’t, well I hope you’ll tune in each week and have some fun reading. Without tipping my hand I’ll tell you that you are going to meet folks like “Lessly Silber” owner of Queens Coffee Shop, or Mr. Harry Jacobson and wife Babs owners of Jacobson Properties, there will be a three-part saga on their son Taylor. How about Floyd owner of the local steakhouse or Miss Beasly antique dealer or Bobbie Brush who owns the corner winery or General Lawless the town historian. My personal favorite will be Morgan West owner of the local newspaper and his assistant Lena Du-Harm or how about the local feed dealer Davin Sanderson and his wife Millie owners of Sanderson’s Gourmet Feed. There’s many more but ya’ll get the picture.
Before I close out the last issue of Curran Events, formerly known as Dobbin Doings, I’ve got a few things to say! First, let me thank all of you that have encouraged me to keep writing and for telling me how much you enjoy my article, I think you will be the one’s to enjoy this new format the most. To Gary Curran, who passed away far too early, thanks Gary for your inspiration. To those of you who have let me pick on you, to those whose stories I’ve shared and to those I’ve made mad, thanks, because without you feedback I might have not continued my writing. A special thanks to the Moronic Imbecile who wrote me recently claiming to represent the majority of folks thought I was a disgrace to them and that I was making a fool of myself--Get A Life!!! To your question about where did I learn to spell? I write in a style which depicts a “lingo” which was used during the western cattle drive days such as if’n, fer, git, ya’ll etc. etc. Try reading Shakespear sometimes you jerk, it was written in the jargon of the day! By the way, all of the above Big Chief Tablet words come out of the Random House Webster’s Dictionary, try using it yourself. If by chance you were retaliating against me because of a letter that was sent last spring to a large corporation concerning a certain business in Conroe, I’ll tell you now that I was part of the group and I stated my opinion on the way I felt about matters were handled and I still feel that way today! Otherwise, next time you feel like sending a letter to my home instead of the newspaper I write for-sign it! You gutless, spineless no mind. By the way the U.S. Postal Service was able to tell me the location where the letter was mailed from. In short, your little scare tactic did not work, in fact you gave me a reason to keep writing--so thanks Moron!
Final sign-off for Curran Events from “Montgomery’s Sagebrush Philosopher” Until next time, good cow call’n, good frog giggi’n and go Ags!
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