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Dear Smiley: I recently stopped at Walgreens to pick up a prescription. I eased my car into a tight spot and, with difficulty, extricated myself from the vehicle.

Dear Smiley: Everyone who ever went to a New Orleans Pelicans baseball game remembers Evolution, the peanut vendor.

Dear Smiley: When my twin brother and I shared an office on the Vermilion River, we both bought pellet rifles to take care of trash floating by.

Dear Smiley: When my nephew was 13 (already towering well over 6 feet) he came to me for advice:

Dear Smiley: The Thursday "aroma therapy" piece by Ernie Gremillion reminded me of an incident that occurred when I attended grad school in the 1970s at the University of Arkansas

Dear Smiley: After months of exceptional drought, we finally got a light rain.

Dear Smiley: When I was small, the Mardi Gras parades went through the French Quarter.

Dear Smiley: My sister-in-law Mary Ann Aucoin texted to thank me for bringing king cake and Popeyes chicken on Mardi Gras day.

Dear Smiley: Heres why we left Chicago:

Dear Smiley: About bench seats in cars: