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White Egret in the Shallows
Tales of Living in a Beach House on the Gulf Coast
by Paul Estronza La Violette
Illustrated by Patricia Rigney
165 pp
$19.95 Hardback with Dust Jacket
© 2005 by Paul Estronza La Violette
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Table
of Contents
Preface
13
The Days of August and the End of Summer
15
Twist M. Good and the Louisiana Cloud Makers
21
The Dancers
26
Pick a Penny, Pinch a Penny, Make a Penny Do
31
I See, You See, We See
36
Sprinkle, Sprinkle, Little Rain
40
A White Egret in the Shallows
44
Fainting Goats, Coy Dogs, and Cow-Muck Dams
47
Our Oaks in Early Spring
52
At the Tone, the Time Will Be
55
An Opening Day in June
59
The Funeral Was Held in the Old Church
66
The Buckle in a Box in the Bedroom Drawer
70
I Saw Two Fishermen
75
My White Pickup Truck Part 1
80
My White Pickup Truck Part 2
84
We Are Two People
88
My Friends, I Had Not Intended to
Discuss This Controversial Subject at This Time
91
Tell Me a Story; Tell Me a Ghost Story
95
The First Mate Was Drunk Today
101
Bug-Eyed Monsters and Those People Next Door
104
I Saw a Ship Standing, Standing in a Moonlit Sea
108
Talkie, Talkie
111
Poboys and Stellas Day
114
Separate Conversations
118
Silver Dimes, Nickel Cokes, and Canal Street
Streetcar Transfers
122
Gretal, Heidi, Annabelle, Heron, Lillie, and Jennie
126
Calendars are Nice for Remembering Times
130
Like an Ice Cube in the Sky
135
A Christmas Story
139
White Pickup Trucks and Blue-Eyed Babies
143
The Grove of Live Oaks
147
No Column Today
152
A Portrait of Jennie
156
Walkers in the Shallows
160
The End of a Time
167
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