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e people they were praying and they were hungry dog bone soup by bette a stevens is a story about those invisible people stevens s novel will be on sale for only 99 through november 26 2023 dog bone soup an excerpt from chapter 22 boys get in here hurry up we set the groceries on the table and ran in to see what mum was so worked up about president kennedy s body s back in washington look they re switching from the washington to that lee harvey oswald in dallas the world s at a standstill and no wonder i can t believe that someone s gone and killed the president sit down watch what s for dinner i asked when i handed her the change good we have more than a dollar left for the week what about dinner mum i ll fix us some supper later we had plenty of hotcakes to tide us over this morning mum sat there captivated by the news coverage went on all day and long into the night willie and i went out to cut and split fire wood for the week then we grabbed our fishing poles and ran down to the brook i figured if we caught something we could have a nice fry for supper even if i had to fix it myself willie peeled and cut potatoes while i figured out how to mix flour and cornmeal and get the fish going i set the fish on the stove to keep warm while i fried up the potatoes we never did get mum away from the darned tv i wondered if it was like that for other families that night i wasn t up to watching tv non stop i d pop in every now and then to keep track of what was happening though i kept thinking about president lincoln far as i could see nothing good came from fighting killing and wars why couldn t people just treat everyone the way they wanted to be treated i got the washtub heated up before bed the girls got their baths first like always then willie and i took turns there d be no hair cuttin this saturday there was only one good thing about this day dad didn t show up i didn t want to think about that shotgun but i couldn t shake that saturday out of my head by the time i got up sunday morning the news was already runnin non stop president kennedy had big dreams for america he hoped we would land on the moon wanted americans to be healthy wanted negros and poor folks to have rights like everybody else and he wanted to make peace with people in other countries i wondered what would happen to those dreams now that he was gone mum had the volume turned way up but she wasn t watchin she had the wood stove blazin fresh biscuits warming on the stove top and scrambled eggs cookin on the griddle i ve been praying for the president s family she looked up and whispered call the kids and sit yourself down thanks for fixin supper last night shawn i ve been walking around in a fog with all that s been going on i still can t imagine why anyone would want to kill the president after breakfast willie and i ran out to milk the cows now you boys bundle up real good it s mighty cold out there two heifers started mooing real low the second they spotted us the wind was blowing so darned hard the pails were swingin all on their own even with the weight of milk jars in them by the time we got back to the house the sky was spittin out snowflakes big as quarters let s fix us a cup a hot coffee willie mum ll have a fit if she finds me drinking coffee i threw in a few small chunks of kindling and set the coffee pot on top of the stove you might like it i mix it up with lots of milk we ll fix mum a cup too boys get in here quick mum hollered some night club owner named jack ruby just shot and killed that oswald guy who shot president kennedy bad news just kept coming cameras jumped from washington to dallas and back again every few minutes we watched the casket being carried from the white house to the capital s rotunda in between they showed pictures of the president s family before all this terrible stuff happened caroline and john john were just little kids and the family looked real happy doing things together then reporters started talking to the new president lyndon b johnson i poured up coffee and went in to watch the mess my head pounded i closed my eyes and tried to figure out how i was gonna get out of school next week i had to talk to that recruiter just as i downed the last of my coffee i heard a knock at the door please don t be dad i prayed i lifted the latch opened the door and there stood two snow crusted ladies that i recognized from church they were holding baskets chock full of all the things us kids had been dreamin about one had a turkey a ham and all kinds of canned goods the other held a plate mounded high with cookies and two pumpkin pies i even spotted a can of cocoa come on in and sit down i ll go get mum we ll just set these baskets on the table we have three more deliveries and we want to get home before the roads get any worse mum it s ladies from church they brought us baskets chock full of food i hollered mum and the kids must have flown out to the kitchen what on earth are you doing here i thought mum s eyes would pop out when she spotted those baskets thanksgiving s only a few days away and we re out making deliveries this afternoon i think you ll find enough for a nice holiday feast mrs daniels if there s anything else you need just let us know you have a wonderful thanksgiving the ladies smiled before they turned to leave you take your damned charity baskets and leave em somewhere they re needed the ladies spun around looked at one another then at mum then at us then at the baskets i sat down at the kitchen table and didn t know what to make of it mum couldn t believe somebody d killed the president well i couldn t believe mum just killed our only chance of having a decent meal today more than 33 million americans are living below the poverty line usafacts org most of them aren t looking for a hand out they re looking for a hand up decent jobs that pay a living wage read more of shawn daniels s adventures in dog bone soup dog bone soup a boomer s journey literary historical fiction ages 12 adult by bette a stevens holiday special only 99 november 19 through november 26 2023 or purchase paperback and download kindle version for free anytime kindle matchbook paperbacks make great gifts and you can download the ebook for you available at your amazon about the author inspired by nature and human nature author bette a stevens is a retired elementary and middle school teacher a wife mother of two and grandmother of five stevens lives in central maine with her husband on their 37 acre farmstead where she enjoys reading writing gardening walking and reveling in the beauty of nature she advocates for children and families for childhood literacy and for the conservation of monarch butterflies an endangered species and milkweed the only plant that monarch caterpillars will eat stevens is the author of amazing matilda an award winning picture book the tangram zoo and word puzzles too a home school resource incorporating hands on math and writing and pure trash the short story prequel to her début novel dog bone sou p a baby boomer s coming of age novel published in january 2015 my maine haiku through the seasons was published july 2019 and includes 150 story poems 49 original photos interesting facts and symbols of maine you can find out more about the author and check out all of her books at http viewauthor at betteastevens explore bette s blog please share share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook print opens in new window print share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading written on 11 19 2023 tagged with 1960s 99 cent ebook sale 99 book deal adventure alcoholism american novel assasination of president john f kennedy baby boomers black friday 99 deal discrimination education food insecurity hunger in america poverty poverty in america social stigma thanksgiving thanksgiving 1963 thanksgiving eve dog bone soup 99 thru november 27th holiday sale remembering thanksgiving 1963 excerpt aside november 1963 it was a time in history when most american families held high hopes for their future and looked forward to enjoying a thanksgiving meal with family and friends a few days before the holiday an unforeseen tragedy struck the nation president john f kennedy was assassinated on november 22nd although families from all walks of life were in mourning most held that year s thanksgiving holiday in their hearts as they enjoyed a bountiful feast together and prayed for the healing of a stunned nation others were not so fortunate the ones who did not know where their next meal was coming from they were the poor the indigent the invisible people they were praying and they were hungry dog bone soup by bette a stevens is a story about those invisible people stevens s novel will be on sale for only 99 through november 27 2022 dog bone soup an excerpt from chapter 22 boys get in here hurry up we set the groceries on the table and ran in to see what mum was so worked up about president kennedy s body s back in washington look they re switching from the washington to that lee harvey oswald in dallas the world s at a standstill and no wonder i can t believe that someone s gone and killed the president sit down watch what s for dinner i asked when i handed her the change good we have more than a dollar left for the week what about dinner mum i ll fix us some supper later we had plenty of hotcakes to tide us over this morning mum sat there captivated by the news coverage went on all day and long into the night willie and i went out to cut and split fire wood for the week then we grabbed our fishing poles and ran down to the brook i figured if we caught something we could have a nice fry for supper even if i had to fix it myself willie peeled and cut potatoes while i figured out how to mix flour and cornmeal and get the fish going i set the fish on the stove to keep warm while i fried up the potatoes we never did get mum away from the darned tv i wondered if it was like that for other families that night i wasn t up to watching tv non stop i d pop in every now and then to keep track of what was happening though i kept thinking about president lincoln far as i could see nothing good came from fighting killing and wars why couldn t people just treat everyone the way they wanted to be treated i got the washtub heated up before bed the girls got their baths first like always then willie and i took turns there d be no hair cuttin this saturday there was only one good thing about this day dad didn t show up i didn t want to think about that shotgun but i couldn t shake that saturday out of my head by the time i got up sunday morning the news was already runnin non stop president kennedy had big dreams for america he hoped we would land on the moon wanted americans to be healthy wanted negros and poor folks to have rights like everybody else and he wanted to make peace with people in other countries i wondered what would happen to those dreams now that he was gone mum had the volume turned way up but she wasn t watchin she had the wood stove blazin fresh biscuits warming on the stove top and scrambled eggs cookin on the griddle i ve been praying for the president s family she looked up and whispered call the kids and sit yourself down thanks for fixin supper last night shawn i ve been walking around in a fog with all that s been going on i still can t imagine why anyone would want to kill the president after breakfast willie and i ran out to milk the cows now you boys bundle up real good it s mighty cold out there two heifers started mooing real low the second they spotted us the wind was blowing so darned hard the pails were swingin all on their own even with the weight of milk jars in them by the time we got back to the house the sky was spittin out snowflakes big as quarters let s fix us a cup a hot coffee willie mum ll have a fit if she finds me drinking coffee i threw in a few small chunks of kindling and set the coffee pot on top of the stove you might like it i mix it up with lots of milk we ll fix mum a cup too boys get in here quick mum hollered some night club owner named jack ruby just shot and killed that oswald guy who shot president kennedy bad news just kept coming cameras jumped from washington to dallas and back again every few minutes we watched the casket being carried from the white house to the capital s rotunda in between they showed pictures of the president s family before all this terrible stuff happened caroline and john john were just little kids and the family looked real happy doing things together then reporters started talking to the new president lyndon b johnson i poured up coffee and went in to watch the mess my head pounded i closed my eyes and tried to figure out how i was gonna get out of school next week i had to talk to that recruiter just as i downed the last of my coffee i heard a knock at the door please don t be dad i prayed i lifted the latch opened the door and there stood two snow crusted ladies that i recognized from church they were holding baskets chock full of all the things us kids had been dreamin about one had a turkey a ham and all kinds of canned goods the other held a plate mounded high with cookies and two pumpkin pies i even spotted a can of cocoa come on in and sit down i ll go get mum we ll just set these baskets on the table we have three more deliveries and we want to get home before the roads get any worse mum it s ladies from church they brought us baskets chock full of food i hollered mum and the kids must have flown out to the kitchen what on earth are you doing here i thought mum s eyes would pop out when she spotted those baskets thanksgiving s only a few days away and we re out making deliveries this afternoon i think you ll find enough for a nice holiday feast mrs daniels if there s anything else you need just let us know you have a wonderful thanksgiving the ladies smiled before they turned to leave you take your damned charity baskets and leave em somewhere they re needed the ladies spun around looked at one another then at mum then at us then at the baskets i sat down at the kitchen table and didn t know what to make of it mum couldn t believe somebody d killed the president well i couldn t believe mum just killed our only chance of having a decent meal today more than 33 million americans are living below the poverty line usafacts org most of them aren t looking for a hand out they re looking for a hand up decent jobs that pay a living wage read more of shawn daniels s adventures in dog bone soup dog bone soup a boomer s journey literary historical fiction ages 12 adult by bette a stevens holiday special only 99 november 22 through november 27 2022 or purchase paperback and download kindle version for free anytime 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