A LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK
SCROLL DOWN THROUGH SOME OF HORACE AND AGNES’S ADVENTURES…
LOVE IS BLIND
Twenty years ago, Horace Groomsby met Agnes on a train. It was overcrowded and stiflingly hot. Horace politely asked if he could possibly take the last remaining seat next to Agnes.
She moved her pocketbook onto her lap and smiled. He gently slid into his seat and smiled back. She was shy at first, but Horace enthusiastically engaged her in conversation. They talked for more than two hours. So engrossed with each other, they both missed their stops.
ACCORDIAN
During the summer months, Agnes and Horace enjoy lounging on the davenport singing their favorite Bobby Vinton tunes.
Agnes has an exquisite voice. Horace should probably avoid singing, but he plays the accordion so poorly that he drowns out his own voice. It wouldn’t matter to Agnes anyway. She loves listening to Horace no matter what.
STAY AT HOME DRESS
Horace and Agnes go out almost every weekend but sometimes Agnes puts on her “stay-at-home dress” to signal they’re in for the night.
Her quilted Asian-style ensemble is strictly used for lounging and occasional hair dyeing. Horace doesn’t mind staying in. He’s content to lean up against Agnes and peruse his record collection. The phone
rings and Agnes starts chattering away under the hair dryer. Horace thinks it’s one of her girlfriends and
that she’ll be on the phone for hours, but she’s off in a flash.
“Who was that?” Horace asks.
“Your lovely neighbor Irene,” Agnes says with a fake smile.
“What does Ms. Klench want this time?”
“You left the trash cans out too long this week,” Agnes shouts from underneath her hair dryer.
Horace grimaces. “I can’t believe you’re nice to that pill.”
“Horace my love, we all know you get more flies with honey, and we get fewer calls from Irene when you
bring the trash cans in on time.”
People Watching
Three Cheers Motel
Home alone
Late night surprise
Irene Clench
Richard Peck
Humphrey Twins
Catching Agnes
Red Rock Canyon
