There's Sand In Hell... TooBy Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee $225.00 for water$150.00 for sand$300.00 for swimming pool (on the ground)Inexperienced person to rake, level sandInexperienced person to put up swimming poolInexperienced person did best they couldThe sand was put over the fence, where all was raked down to make a soft, level place to put a swimming…See More

Just To Let You Know...By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny GeeI am at present waiting for battery to go in my mobile hotspot.  I can't stay online very long... the charge in the battery goes quickly from 100% to 15%... then, the alarm sounds and unit shuts down.So, I'll be right here writing just as soon as this is…See More

Cleaned The Dirty Clean...By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny GeeScrub, scrub, scrub.  The little hand took the butter knife, stuck it in the corner to pry matter that had accumulated there... out.  It must have been there for a million years... it didn't let go easily.The little hand pushed, pried...put the knife underneath the black, hard dirt.  She began stabbing the knife at it... the 'damn' mess was going to come out. 'Damn'!  The little girl thought that word often.  She'd learn it…See More

She Wanted Some More 'Damn' Tea...By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny GeePhoto of a little girl... photo of Gloria Faye Brown Bates at 3 years old... she never knew fear... but then... it was beginning to find her... she just didn't know what it was... yet.  At this age, she'd just learned a new word... 'Damn'! At this age, she was…See More

Photos of Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee Back In 'Her Beautiful Days'... PAIN... PAIN...  PAINBy Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee'I CRY FOR TOMMY'... If I never make a penny from my book, I won't ever care.  You…See More

Let's Have A Damn-Happy Good Time!By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee　　 　I watched him without him being aware that I was.  He took another drink from a bottle hidden inside a brown bag.  Oh, how good it must have tasted. He closed his eyes, twisted his mouth up in pure pleasure as he swallowed…See More

Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee...  I tilt my head to my right shoulder, listening... watching, studying... life; everything that is life; everything around me.  I wonder, I think, I feel, care, love; even hate, dislike......... I grieve, no matter what I do; no matter how happy, sad.  I go on with life knowing my son, my only child is gone... forever.  Not only do I…See More

This is all I have of Rick-Rick... his ashes are in this beautiful chest... Rick-Rick's Chest.  It sits beside our Mother's Rose Chest, in my happy art room.......Death... Shock and Everything Between...  Until Tommy Died, I Didn't Know It Hurt This MuchBy Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny GeeToday... my little brother, my most favorite…See More

Bubbles Of Life... My Colors Of LifeBy Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny GeeYesterday, I sat thinking as I looked outside... from my desk.  As I watched the tops of the tall pine trees sway in the wind... memories, thoughts swirled around in my mind... just as if the wind were inside me... blowing them around.A thought gently drifted by in my mind... I…See More