Gentle good spring, BOOB Girl buddies. Here is a snippet from BOOB Girls VII: Ten Little Puritans. It was fun to write and you should be getting an invitation to a fundraising book launch later this spring. The book launch is a delightful, laugh-filled party with live music, cheap champagne, popcorn with goldfish crackers and M&Ms and fun. But before that – here is this.
The girls have been called back to Salem’s Crossing by Scooter McKooter who needs help at her bed and breakfast. There is a huge Puritan Descendants Reunion in town and the girls, Scooter, Geoffrey and Ken David David are welcoming the first guests. This gives you a short look at the wonderful names appearing in this story, which is a take-off of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. The guests are arriving:
Excerpt from the book: Just as the last old fashioned fountain pen was positioned beside the antique reproduction guest registers Scooter had ordered online, and just as Ken David took the last bite of the donut he had swiped from the Old Country Roses serving plate on one of the tables, the first car pulled up into the circle drive in front of the bed and breakfast. An attractive couple in their fifties got out, took an approving look at the mansion and began to walk up the path leading to the porch. All five women and Ken David took a deep breath. Geoffrey quietly took his own donut off the plate while his people were all looking outside.
“Hello and welcome,” Scooter said, opening the door for her first guests.
Everyone smiled, nodded and Hadley and Marge both sat down at the tables, waiting to see which the couple would choose. The sound of a second car echoed in from the driveway. Guests were arriving.
“We’re the Simptums,” the lady said. She was dressed in an attractive jogging suit which subtly said she had money. Her husband was in jeans, sneakers and a crewneck shirt.
“The Simptums,” Hadley said, urging them to come toward her table.
“Ella and Sam,” the woman replied. Hadley began to write.
“Oh for Pete’s sake,” Robbie whispered and she walked over and bent down close to Marge’s ear. “Reverse the first names.”
Marge thought for a second then grinned. “Sam and Ella Simptums,” Marge whispered back, so softly Robbie could barely hear her. “Salmonella Symptoms. We’ll hope they’re not poison people.” Scooter was scowling at them. They looked up and gave her an innocent, “Who me?” look. Hadley gave the Simptums their room key, Ken David hoisted the luggage in both arms and headed for a door in the nearest turret.
Next to arrive were two elderly gentlemen dressed in plaid shorts, white tee shirts and sandals over black socks. Both had straw hats which they removed as soon as they entered. One headed toward Marge, the other toward Hadley.
“Good morning,” Marge said.
“Hello Sweetheart. We have a room reserved with two beds. We’re the Bahl brothers.”
Marge picked up her pen, ready to write, and smiled at the man who must be in his nineties.
“I’m Harry Bahls. My brother over there is Buster,”
Robbie did an eye roll. Mary Rose was holding a plate of donuts and Robbie had just gotten a tray of juice glasses filled with orange juice from the kitchen. Each guest was to have juice and a donut. Two coffee urns graced the sideboard with glass cups waiting to be filled and enjoyed. The Simptums had gulped their juice, down on the way to the stairs, filled two coffee cups and passed on the donuts, Robbie looked at the donut plate and felt relieved. She could tell two were missing and Ken David and Geoffrey the Mastiff both had donut crumbs on their lips.
“What were their names again?” Robbie asked Mary Rose in another whisper.
“The Bahls, Harry and Buster.”
“Harry Bahls and Buster Bahls,” Robbie did another eye roll and shook her head. “Where do these names come from? And it isn’t even 10AM!”
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Where is Joy in April?
April 7-Keene Library, Fremont Nebraska, 7pm Laura England Biggs,1030 North Broad
April 11– Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church, Omaha NE, brunch, 10am 2650 Farnam St, Omaha, NE 68131
April 18 – Holy Cross Luthern, 4117 Terrace Dr. Omaha, NE 68134 10am.
April 19 – Morning Star Lutheran Church, Omaha NE, 12:15pm, 331 S 85th Ave, Omaha, NE 68114
April 25 – Metro East Conference of ELCA. Rejoice! Lutheran Church, Omaha NE 2pm, 2556 S 138th St, Omaha, NE 68144
