Tag: roger dean kiser
group name: grinninggrandmas
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June 14, 2008 11:17 PM EDT --
"Dean Kiser, you thrown that damn writing paper in the garbage can and get you dumb seven year old little ass up to your bedroom, RIGHT NOW!"
Matron Mother Winters
Head Matron
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June 15, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
There was a time when I had accomplished everything an uneducated man could possibly accomplish. I had a home, automobiles, a swimming pool and everything was paid for. Even then my life was a bit nerve . . .
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June 15, 2008 10:04 AM EDT --
Til Death Do Us Part
Between the ages of six and fifteen, I had witnessed two murders, possibly three. I had seen at least ten dead bodies lying in the street, all while living on the streets, and . . .
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June 30, 2008 08:18 AM EDT --
Though I have authored some fifteen books (in seven countries) and written more than 1,500 short stories, rarely do I read books. Some years back, I found that reading another author's work caused . . .
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June 26, 2008 09:37 PM EDT --
During the triple points ordeal I ask my gather friends to help me raise enough points to get a Home Depot gift card to help my son build a shed for his lawnmower and tools. I was able to get $125.00 . . .
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June 05, 2008 10:32 AM EDT --
I realize as responsible adults we must watch what we say, especially when children and grandchildren are in the area.
I am probably one of the most impatient men living on the face of this earth or . . .
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June 10, 2008 09:17 PM EDT --
My short story titled "THE BULLY" was made into a short film by Edward Asner and producer/director Nicholas Delfino.
It was very unusal to see one work on film. One day just a memory and . . .
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May 27, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
The memories flood my heart, as I sit in this old rocking chair.
Back and forth I rock, back and forth my mind goes.
We are old, this chair and I. We are very much a matched pair.
The magic has . . .
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March 08, 2008 07:29 PM EST --
I am putting together a book titled "Grandchildren-for the love."
This is a project I have started where grandparents and/or families can put a story (or two) in a book store quality book . . .
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June 20, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
I know that everyone who has grandchildren is very proud of them. There is this hope that their offspring will have a happy life and that the world will be a much better place than it was when they were . . .
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June 09, 2008 04:46 PM EDT --
As this is the anniversary of my orphan brother Davids death; I thought I would repost this story
"SISSY-BOYS"
As we kids left the dining room at the orphanage, my friend David . . .
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July 03, 2008 12:48 PM EDT --
This is a very unusual story. It is one that is very difficult for me to tell. Not only because of the incident itself but trying to tell the story in such a manner that it is not crude or disrespectful. . . .
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August 23, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
I remember very the first time I met him. I couldn't have been 12 years old or so; I really can't remember my exact age.
I was ordered by the Juvenile Judge, Marion Gooding to go with this . . .
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March 15, 2008 09:53 PM EDT --
I don't know what made November 20th 1950 any different from any other day. Just because it was my forth birthday was no big deal. There were no parties or gifts given us kids for any special occasion . . .
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April 12, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
If I had to choose just one person who has affected my life more than any other individual, it would have to be Mayme Winters or "Mother Winters," as we called her at the orphanage.
I am not . . .
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May 01, 2008 07:45 AM EDT --
It was "May Day." All the children from the Spring Park Elementary School had gathered on the school grounds for the May Day Maypole dance.
This dance involves many short flagpoles, with . . .
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June 09, 2008 04:54 PM EDT --
THE MOST HONEST MAN I EVER KNEW
Thinking back upon my younger days as a child in the orphanage, then later on to my teenage reform school days, a few jail days, and finally my adult days in prison; . . .
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June 02, 2008 10:56 PM EDT --
Of all the books I have written, including all the stories I have printed in the Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series, this is my favorite book. I have yet to meet anyone who has read the book that did . . .
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October 12, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
Those of you who have read my books and stories know of the horrors we children suffered at the hands of the State of Florida. On October the 19th the Miami Herald will release a story in their paper . . .
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March 16, 2008 03:00 PM EDT --
"You are never to cross this paved sidewalk. In fact, you are never to step foot on this sidewalk, ever. This is the most important rule we have here at this facility. Do you understand me?" . . .
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