Tag: books
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Episode 83 – Farming the Family…
Farming the Family: The Real Business at Faurel Hill… Welcome to another episode of Under the Will, Over the Drama, where inheritance is a sport, and the family farm is the prize. Let’s set the scene. Bully, our ever-present, ever-strategic protagonist, pops up at Faurel Hill every day to tend the cattle. Seems wholesome enough…
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Episode 82 – Same House, Different Exits..
Funny how you can grow up under the same roof, eat the same food, breathe the same air, and still end up on entirely different planets. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. How the two oldest in our family turned out so different to the two younger ones. Not that any of us…
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The Best Revenge: Sanity in the Face of Family Madness…
The Best Revenge: Sanity in the Face of Family Madness (aka: Why I Didn’t Set Anyone on Fire Today)… There’s a special kind of madness that only family can trigger.You know the one, where grown adults behave like petty teenagers, gaslight you for sport, and make you question whether you’ve somehow walked into a badly-written…
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Episode 78 -The Dementia Deal: Brought to You by Bully & Fanny….
You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick your family… and you sure as hell can’t stop them from flogging your house while you’re halfway to the afterlife. Ah, Bully. The man, the myth, the legend in his own lunchbox. You know the type, thinks charisma is the same thing as intimidation, and loyalty…
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Episode 78 – Pedestals, Ghosts, and the Tattler-in-Chief..
Pedestals, Ghosts, and the Tattler-in-Chief: An Ode to Fanny McFox… You know, it’s funny the things you don’t see until you’ve lived long enough to grow your own collection of scars. How did I never see through her? The infamous Fanny McFox, tattler, gatekeeper, ghoster supreme. Back when I was a teenager, I was waging…
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Episode 72 – Not All Monsters Roar…
Not All Monsters Roar (Some Wear Cardigans and Make Trifle)… I once submitted a receipt for hoover bags. Hoover bags, folks. Not diamond-studded ones. Not antique ones. Just plain, functional dust-hoovering bags because, shockingly, dirt exists. I was on social welfare at the time, and it was a simple reimbursement. No drama. No debate. Or…
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Episode 69 – An American Honeymoon at Faurel Hill…
An American Honeymoon at Faurel Hill: The Unexpected Horn Symphony & Doorbell Drama… by Morgan and Paula… We arrived at Mae’s home, excited for a quiet night filled with laughter and maybe a pint or two or a bit of teq-kill-ya ( which Morgan brought). Instead, we found ourselves suddenly part of an unscripted local…
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