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Hey Y'all, Come on in to Chat with Ms. Rat! Southern Humor in Episode #82
Episode 82
Friday, 27 February, 2026
Books and Brews: the place where beer and literature meet! Marlene and her family have experienced a number of tragedies and frightening experiences. Any one of which could have been their undoing. If she could find one little spark of humor in that tangle of fears she could make life better. She is a southern humorist who enjoys a bit of the dark-side. After nearly 35 years of teaching and counseling adolescents and their parents, she retired, only to begin writing the Hey Y'all column for Gwinnett Citizen Newspaper and for Anything Goes for Inspirations for a better World online magazine. In 2020 she received the Georgia Independent Author of the Year Award and the Christian Women Writers Award for Life is Hard. Soften it with Laughter. A Place with a Past received the award in 2021. Ladies of All Nations, International presented her the Global Woman of Courage Award. We talked about rings, family history, the importance of humor, her father's experiences in world war II and how he acquired part of Hitler's tea set…and more! You won't want to miss her reading about Tasteful Native Costumes! 00:00 START 07:15 Drink 1: Butterbean Cocktail 9:22 Reading 1: Take Cover! We at War! 13:46 Becoming Ms. Rat 22:01 Hope, Faith & Medical Experts 27:54 Drink 2: 5 Gold Rings 31:31 Reading 2: 5 Gold Rings 38:58 Sentiment even without knowing whose the rings were 40:04 Dad and Hitler's tea set 46:15 Drink 3: Skip and Go Naked 49:33 Reading 3: Tasteful Native Costumes 54:10 Boys' and parents' reaction! 55:31 What does being southern mean to you? Visit our PATREON for our extended AFTER HOURS Www.booksandbrews.net www.lauravosika.com www.gabrielshornpress.com www.glenmirrilfarms.wordpress.com Www.msratwrites.com ~ ~ If you enjoy our interviews or have benefited from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We've been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews. Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do. A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode. Patreon: patreon.com/BooksandBrewswithLauraVosika Tip Jar: paypal.me/booksandbrewsMN * Books and Brews products: https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come) Sponsor an episode to promote your product or service: contact us booksandbrewslive@gmail.com COMING NEXT MONTH: Juliet Cutler — travels to Africa and girls' education Laura Creedle — horror JK Divia — dark fantasy, mythological horror & paranormal Barry Black — former FBI master bomb technician Randy Lerch — memoir, former MBL player UPCOMING EVENTS: Gabriel's Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology NEW THEMES: CHILDREN and AMERICA. See Laura's interview at Central Valley Talk Our theme music is from www.bensound.com. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel to get notifications of all our new videos. We have now interviewed more than 115 authors! Would you like to be featured? Leave a comment. https://www.youtube.com/@booksandbrews
