Tag Archives: Alabama

Where Is Atticus Finch?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Growing up fifty miles from Monroeville, Alabama means I have crossed paths with the reclusive Harper Lee many times. I never met her, mind you. I know her from her famous book, a biography she refused to cooperate with and … Continue reading →

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Sail Cat Road, Chapter 20

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Sail Cat Road, the sequel to No Good End, continues below. It is being posted tweet-by-tweet daily on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ttaylordude). I will post each chapter here on Ning (in chronological order). For the prequel, please go to:  www.nogoodend.com. Each chapter … Continue reading →

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Fast Food

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  I hate to admit this, but I have eaten an animal we hit during a rainstorm as we were driving down the road. Truth is, I have eaten more than one. It’s been a long time, and it was … Continue reading →

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Sail Cat Road, Chapter 16

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Chapter 16 Popping sounds came from relaxing metal under the pecan tree. Jimmy and Gus found no more drivers licenses. Gasoline soaked the earth. “You’ll want to walk back to the truck,” said Jimmy. “I’m going to roast some pecans.” … Continue reading →

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Lit and Loaded

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I heard part of this story and witnessed the other part of it. The year was 1974. Down on Highway 29 headed south out of Andalusia, Alabama towards Florala and the Florida line, a single, tall evergreen tree leaned achingly … Continue reading →

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Ode To The Skin Of A Pig

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I know full well that college football is damned near pro football – perched right on the edge, sniffing the rim like a dog in the bathroom. I know that major teams are raking in millions while players scramble to … Continue reading →

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Fact Following Fiction

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Three weeks ago, I wrote a scenario into “No Good End,” a fiction novel that I have been posting on Twitter 140 characters at a time. It involved an 18-wheeler and a hit man. The 18-wheeler ends up nose-diving into … Continue reading →

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The Curious Case Of My Twitter Novel

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  On June 19th, I started doing something crazy: writing a novel on Twitter. Not about Twitter, on it, line by line, chunk by chunk. Watching people in Iran tweeting news out of their country when the press was shut … Continue reading →

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Shop Class Blues

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Terry Taylor

With Richmond motorcycle repairman (University of Chicago Ph.D.) Matthew Crawford’s new book, Shop Class as Soul Craft: An Inquiry Into The Value of Work, I am rethinking my shop class experiences from high school. I’ve spent my life in a … Continue reading →

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Being The Mule

Posted on May 6, 2009 by Terry Taylor

The metal push-plow churned up ants and wigglers and little snakes. I pulled back on the bent wooden handle and shoved the blade harder into the earth again and again, pushing and pulling, working an angle to break the new … Continue reading →

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The Go-Cart

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Terry Taylor

My cousin has recently begun to read the stories I write on this blog. He is a few years younger than me. Craig, you will like this one.  Tweet This Post

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Porches In The Rain

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Terry Taylor

The rain came under a ledge of gray clouds. The mountains could not stop it. The Blue Ridge turned a foggy face to the deluge and earned their name in somber hues above us. We sat on the front porch … Continue reading →

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Wasps Riding The Clothesline

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I just filled our clothes dryer with yet another load of damp laundry. It reminded me of a time when we had no dryer and our formerly nasty clothes hung in the backyard on a clothesline for everyone to ogle. … Continue reading →

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Drunk and Dressed To The Hilt

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Terry Taylor

I went to a Southern university where proper ladies and gentlemen of culture wore suits, ties and sundresses to football games on Saturday. Since I was neither proper nor cultured and wouldn’t recognize a lady or a gentleman if they … Continue reading →

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Door-to-Door Donuts

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Terry Taylor

It was a recession, not unlike now, but not as bad. The man lived down the street from my family in Montgomery, Alabama. He owned a sea-green station wagon that looked like a military half-trac. He had been laid off … Continue reading →

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