must know how to shoot. So my school gave me a BB gun and had me point it at a box filled with paper, with a small target up front.
I was the slowest person on the track team at the time, also a willing but not so able gymnast. I ended up as gymnastics captain junior and senior year at another school north of the Mason-Dixon line but was always a better leader than gymnast.
My teacher knew I was the girls’ JV basketball team’s short “mascot” and helped them win every “killer” volleyball game by getting the balls back to them while they had my six.
With guns, I was pathetic. Because I was good or trying to be good in other athletic areas, the coach asked me to take out a plain gold earring and put a mark somewhere outside the target area so she could give me a D, not an F, for at least trying in Shootery. I shook as I held that gun and never even hit the box, much less the target. To this day I thank her for her kindness and hope I made it up in other after-school sports.
But a Southern Gentlewoman must know how to use a gun. We don’t have one in the house, even though my husband grew up on a farm/ranch and knows how to use one. I, on the other hand, would probably shoot my foot first then ruin my nice appliances if there was an intruder.
High school memories. Just thought of it as the laundry winds down. Aside from raising my husband, my father-in-law did two great things for me. Bought me roses at our first meeting (but that was Margie), told my Jim the next day it was ok to go ahead and make it official, and drove up and yelled to pick me up. He took me to see a 14-point stag. We missed him but did see a doe. He didn’t have a gun as he only shoots what he has to, in order to protect his cattle. He has such a sense of cattle and wildlife that he wanted me to see a little slice of his world. Even though we disagree on politics, I’ll always love him. Hear that O’Reilly?
Hey J, I think someone is going to be trounced in tonight’s debate. I know you don’t take wagers J, even a quarter, just asking. Cheers! Dee
Cooking with Dee 