"Digging for Foo-Foo Dust" by Vicki Easterly

6-minute Stories

– DIG! DIG! FLY! FLY!

I ordered them to come back with a spoon. They didn’t know why, but I was the oldest.

Vicki Easterly, a retired disability advocate, lives in Frankfort, Kentucky. Several stories have appeared in prior PSPP anthologies. Her short story, “Hallie Holcomb’s Hollow,” published by the UK Carnegie Press, is based on a composite of her sweet clients. Her first book, Miracles in the Mundane, was selected for the annual Kentucky Book Festival. Calling on her days as a young mother, she is working on a children’s book series. She continues to write memoirs and poetry. Vicki enjoys playing with her granddaughters and acting in community theatre. She vows to never grow up.