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Nick & Carter Holiday #8
Easter, 1929
Sunday, March 31, 1929
Mrs. Wilson Jones (Louise) of Albany, Georgia, wakes up on yet another Sunday morning to discover her husband didn't come home after carousing down at Louray's by the river.
But she doesn't have time to worry. Easter dinner will be at her sister's house and Mrs. Jones has biscuits to bake. So, she turns on the radio, begins to sing with The Chambers Family Quintet, broadcasting over WSJ in Atlanta, and gets the buttermilk out of the icebox. There's work to be done and Mrs. Jones is a good cook, keeps a clean house, and always delivers on her promises.
Mrs. Wilson Jones (Louise) of Albany, Georgia, wakes up on yet another Sunday morning to discover her husband didn't come home after carousing down at Louray's by the river.
But she doesn't have time to worry. Easter dinner will be at her sister's house and Mrs. Jones has biscuits to bake. So, she turns on the radio, begins to sing with The Chambers Family Quintet, broadcasting over WSJ in Atlanta, and gets the buttermilk out of the icebox. There's work to be done and Mrs. Jones is a good cook, keeps a clean house, and always delivers on her promises.
37 pages, ebook
Published March 27, 2018
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Frank W. Butterfield
123 books106 followersFrank W. Butterfield, not an assumed name, loves old movies, wise-cracking smart guys with hearts of gold, and writing for fun.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
Although he worships San Francisco, he lives at the beach on another coast.
Born on a windy day in November of 1966, he was elected President of his high school Spanish Club in the spring of 1983.
After moving across these United States like a rapid-fire pinball, he currently makes his home in a hurricane-proof apartment with superior water pressure that was built in 1926.
While he hasn't met any dolphins personally, that invitation is always open.
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May 19, 2020
Easter, 1929 (Nick and Carter Holidays #8)
By Frank W. Butterfield
Published by the author, 2020
Five stars
This little gem gets all the stars for being a delicately composed snapshot of life in Albany, Georgia, when Carter Jones was eight years old.
Can you imagine anything more adorable?
But it’s far more than that. We get a private look at Louise, Carter’s mother, as she readies her two boys for Easter church – a woman obsessed with perfection, trying to control a genteel southern-woman’s idea of home with a drunk for a husband. We, of course, also meet Carter’s older brother Robbie, his aunt Velma, and his best friend, Henry Winter. We see a moment in time that is poignant in itself, but powerful in the way it establishes a background against which many of the events in Carter Jones’s subsequent life resonate powerfully.
All of these stories have been fun to read, and every one is interesting in its own way; but this one has a particular charm for me.
By Frank W. Butterfield
Published by the author, 2020
Five stars
This little gem gets all the stars for being a delicately composed snapshot of life in Albany, Georgia, when Carter Jones was eight years old.
Can you imagine anything more adorable?
But it’s far more than that. We get a private look at Louise, Carter’s mother, as she readies her two boys for Easter church – a woman obsessed with perfection, trying to control a genteel southern-woman’s idea of home with a drunk for a husband. We, of course, also meet Carter’s older brother Robbie, his aunt Velma, and his best friend, Henry Winter. We see a moment in time that is poignant in itself, but powerful in the way it establishes a background against which many of the events in Carter Jones’s subsequent life resonate powerfully.
All of these stories have been fun to read, and every one is interesting in its own way; but this one has a particular charm for me.
November 3, 2018
What a charming story, giving a nice insight into Carter's mother and aunt. This is the last of these first four short stories - I would love more.
April 18, 2020
epub, 22 pages
This is a young Carter short - no Nick - long before Carter and Henry leave Albany... We meet Henry (briefly) and learn some more about the antagonism the adult Carter feels for his mother. Velma makes an appearance, as does Bobby, Carter's older brother; his father is mentioned...
A sweet vignette (and seasonal, it being Easter Saturday... )
April 2020 - Saturday after Easter
Rereading - in a possibly very slightly different version (25 pages, but that may be due to it being republished on Amazon, so with the usual listings probably missing from the original version I read on the author's website. We meet Robert, as well as Henry - and experience Carter's early stirrings of desire for other males... A fine anecdote, still!
This is a young Carter short - no Nick - long before Carter and Henry leave Albany... We meet Henry (briefly) and learn some more about the antagonism the adult Carter feels for his mother. Velma makes an appearance, as does Bobby, Carter's older brother; his father is mentioned...
A sweet vignette (and seasonal, it being Easter Saturday... )
April 2020 - Saturday after Easter
Rereading - in a possibly very slightly different version (25 pages, but that may be due to it being republished on Amazon, so with the usual listings probably missing from the original version I read on the author's website. We meet Robert, as well as Henry - and experience Carter's early stirrings of desire for other males... A fine anecdote, still!
September 5, 2020
Loved
This short story is a snapshot of Carter as an 8 year in Albany GA and his brother Bobby. We get to briefly meet Henry too along with his mom Louise, Aunt Velma and there’s mention of Mattie. I had to chuckle at Louise and the reason why she washes her hands first thing in the morning and the cleanliness of her house. It brought me back to our present times what with COVID-19 and all. This is another tasty morsel that this author treated me to and I gobbled it up.
This short story is a snapshot of Carter as an 8 year in Albany GA and his brother Bobby. We get to briefly meet Henry too along with his mom Louise, Aunt Velma and there’s mention of Mattie. I had to chuckle at Louise and the reason why she washes her hands first thing in the morning and the cleanliness of her house. It brought me back to our present times what with COVID-19 and all. This is another tasty morsel that this author treated me to and I gobbled it up.
April 17, 2022
Although this is an entry in the Nick & Carter Holiday series, Easter 1929 is a snapshot in the life of 8 year old Carter, long before meeting Nick. Having yet to read the Nick Williams Mystery series, I have only seen snippets of the characters both as a pair and individuals through these short stories so I imagine, like the other 3 I've read, we see reasons why Carter, in part at least, feels the way he does in regard to family and childhood.
As for Easter, 1929 I can't help but be reminded of my own grandfather who would also have been 8 that year(though only 7 at Easter) and a year later his mother died from breast cancer and his aunt moved in to help his dad raise him and his 2 sisters. From the stories I've heard, I can see similarities between Carter's family members and my grandfathers'(although my grandfather utterly adored his mother and took her death very hard and his dad was an uber Dutch Reformed Church member not a drunk) and I couldn't help but picture a young Berdean Vande Vrede in Carter's place. So not only is this short a very intriguing and I imagine telling peak into events that helped shape Carter into the man who falls for Nick Williams but it also helped me play out that moment in time in my grandpa's life in my mind's eye. I find stories that help the reader connect on a personal level and absolute treasure and that's what Easter, 1929 is for me.
I don't know just when I'll get to read the original Nick Williams Mystery series(I will though and I already have the first 2 on my kindle) but believe me with each new holiday short, it moves up a few notches on my TBR list.
As for Easter, 1929 I can't help but be reminded of my own grandfather who would also have been 8 that year(though only 7 at Easter) and a year later his mother died from breast cancer and his aunt moved in to help his dad raise him and his 2 sisters. From the stories I've heard, I can see similarities between Carter's family members and my grandfathers'(although my grandfather utterly adored his mother and took her death very hard and his dad was an uber Dutch Reformed Church member not a drunk) and I couldn't help but picture a young Berdean Vande Vrede in Carter's place. So not only is this short a very intriguing and I imagine telling peak into events that helped shape Carter into the man who falls for Nick Williams but it also helped me play out that moment in time in my grandpa's life in my mind's eye. I find stories that help the reader connect on a personal level and absolute treasure and that's what Easter, 1929 is for me.
I don't know just when I'll get to read the original Nick Williams Mystery series(I will though and I already have the first 2 on my kindle) but believe me with each new holiday short, it moves up a few notches on my TBR list.
September 8, 2025
An Odd Easter
Another holiday short, providing a bit of background detail for some of the characters from this series. Nothing shocking, just daily business.
Another holiday short, providing a bit of background detail for some of the characters from this series. Nothing shocking, just daily business.
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March 31, 2018Sad and it explains a lot about Carter's feelings towards his mother
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