Lisa Brooke·May 19, 2022The Plain Blonde Who Plays Along With YouThere was a young mechanic that worked at Lance during the terrible period in which I worked there. All of my co-workers lusted after him…
Lisa Brooke·May 15, 2022Lily and BeastmasterThe last place in Dallas we lived in was a two story brick duplex. My husband and I lived in the bottom part and there were a constant…
Lisa Brooke·Mar 7, 2022Broken BonesIt was 1975, and I was in 5th grade in an elementary school named after an Alamo hero in a small Texas town.
Lisa Brooke·Feb 18, 2022Teenage CrushLike a lot of young girls, I used to fall in desperate puppy love with various musicians: Paul McCartney and Peter Tork were a couple of my…
Lisa Brooke·Feb 16, 2022The episode with MortyTwo faded Southern belles named Faye and Noreen are sitting at the bar. The reporter had found Noreen after asking some people about a…
Lisa Brooke·May 31, 2018The Day I Cooked A RatWhen I first moved away from home, I lived in a trailer in the middle of a cow pasture with my friend from high school. The trailer was…
Lisa Brooke·May 23, 2018My Musical EducationMy 11th birthday was a warm autumn day in October 1976 and I had received enough money from various relatives to afford a copy of the…
Lisa Brooke·May 12, 2018Near Misses and Short CowboysOne of the scariest incidents in my life so far turned into one of the weirdest.
Lisa Brooke·Apr 2, 2018Fast Food SummerWhen I was 16, I worked at a Jack In the Box in the summer to earn money for school clothes. I was working the late night shifts because…
Lisa Brooke·Apr 2, 2018The Neighbor From HellYears ago, my husband and I lived in some shabby apartments in a suburb of Dallas. We had an ex-Vietnam vet neighbor who enjoyed preaching…