Tag Archives: folk cures

MAY DAY ON THE BAYOU IN POEM AND STORY

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh From the Archives of the Fiction House.  Happy May Day! “Today Thibidioux chil’ to be born. Butterflies come and tell me so. ‘Come Mama Lucy – time to go.’” 110 year-old healer and midwife Mama Lucy chants … Continue reading →

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CHEF R.K.’S GOURMET SURPRISE

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Had your Sunday dinner yet? If not, please enjoy a rollicking piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s work,  The Seasons of My Giving Back. In the preceding chapters,  I discover that my ‘giving-back to the world’ summer … Continue reading →

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CHEF R.K.’S GOURMET SURPRISE

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Please enjoy a piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s most recent work,  The Seasons of My Giving Back. In the preceding chapters,  I discover that my ‘giving-back to the world’ summer job as youngster would be volunteering … Continue reading →

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MAY DAY ON THE BAYOU IN POEM AND STORY

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh To acknowledge the end of National Poetry Month and welcome May Day and Mothers, here is a poignant story of a mother’s lament *     *     * “Tis 1800, there ‘bouts, early morn. Today Thibidioux chil’ to be … Continue reading →

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CHEF R.K.’S GOURMET SURPRISE

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh Please enjoy a piece from the Fiction House Publishing’s most recent work,  The Seasons of My Giving Back. In the preceding chapters,  I discover that my ‘giving-back to the world’ summer job as youngster would be volunteering … Continue reading →

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A DESSERT RECIPE- FOR DELIGHTFUL BOUDOIR RESULTS

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh In the late 1800’s, my immigrant Russian great grandmother, Shelva Fiction was barely able to speak English.  She learned it by beginning a journal about her husband, ‘Doc’ Fiction.  His was a life dedicated to folk and … Continue reading →

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MAY DAY ON THE BAYOU IN POEM AND STORY

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Raji Singh

By Raji Singh To acknowledge the end of National Poetry Month and welcome May Day and Mothers, here is a poignant story of a mother’s lament *     *     * “Tis 1800, there ‘bouts, early morn. Today Thibidioux chil’ to be … Continue reading →

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No. 115: THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP.

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh LAST WEEK: Benjamin Franklin strolls the woods near Paris. He’s taking a break – from his duties as emissary of the united American colonies to France – of trying to finagle francs from the aristocracy to finance … Continue reading →

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No. 114: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HAPPENS UPON JUICE-de-STUMPE AND THE WORLD IS FOREVER CHANGED

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh My orphaned foundling great-great grandfather, James Thaddeus ‘Blackjack’ Fiction, was taken in and raised by a scraggly ancient mariner. ‘Mariner’ himself was an orphan. He relayed many-a-tale to Blackjack. They’ve been passed through the generations. Here is … Continue reading →

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No. 113: THE ART AND HISTORY OF BREWING STUMP JUICE – FROM THE PHONECIANS AND THE ANCIENT MARINER, ONTO THE SILK ROAD, THEN TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Raji Singh

by Raji Singh I brew up stump juice with the passion of an oenologist. That’s a fancy-schmanzy name for a winemaker. As with the nectar of the vine, there are endless styles and varieties of the juice-de- stumpe. To make … Continue reading →

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