Family Stories and Stories about Smoke Schools

At midnight on the 11th floor of the Acme Building a light still burns where one man continuously seeks all the answers to life's persistent questions- A Prairie Home Companion.

I published some of these stories on the Internet as far back as 1998. The stories are not connected with the smoke school page.  You will have to hit your back button at the top of your page to come back here. The views expressed here are those of an old hippie. I'm just an old hippie and I don't know what I'm doing. Should I hang on to the old or grab on to the new. I sit and think of John sometime, and I can't help but wonder why.

I thought maybe you would enjoy some stories about my family and my experiences traveling the nation conducting smoke school. Click the links below to see the stories. I wrote these stories listed first after starting the business of smoke school in 2001. The stories that appear at the bottom- well I began writing these stories back in 1998. Way back before that- when I was 11 years old, I had a transistor radio and listened to it in my ear. At midnight Bill Mack came into the radio. Bill was the Midnight Cowboy on WBAP Fort Worth Dallas. Bill told stores to dawn; cowboy stories, Texas, stories, and stories about country singers. When Conway Twitty or my Cousin Merle Haggard came to Fort Worth, they wound stop by the station and visit with the Midnight Cowboy and sing and tell stories. Much later, Bill teamed up with a fellow from Route One, Amite County Mississippi. A former fertilizer and seed salesman named Jerry Clowers. Bill and Jerry had a TV show called the Country Crossroads. These two people had a lot to do about forming my opinions on life. So back in 1998 when I first learned how to turn on a computer by myself, I started telling stories on the internet. I adopted the stage name- The Midnight Cowboy after Bill Mack. The Midnight Cowboy stories start at the bottom of this webpage. Some of you will like them, some of you want. Most are set to music so turn on your speakers. I usually send out monthly emails announcing new stories and smoke school schedule updates. Click here to be added to the email list.

Blue Bayou Days- the Summer of 61 a novel about my childhood.  I published some of my stories in my novel about growing up hunting, fishing, and playing baseball in Louisiana. Skeeter was 11 years old in 61 when he met Dizzy Dean, Pee Wee Reese, Mickey Mantel, Roger Maris, Elvis, & JFK down on Blue Bayou. Meet them all. What is real? What was fiction? Sometimes I can't remember. Mark Twain, now that is a very famous man. I wish I could be half that famous. Mark once said, "I am getting to the age where most of my best memories of all, never happened at all." Although the novel is nostalgic for many adults, it is more geared for kids in elementary and junior high school. Reading it is more better for you than watching TV and playing Nintendo. Ain't no doubt about it.

And that is about the way I feel. I remember my momma, years before she passed away. We used to sit by the campfire and she would tell stories about me when I was knee high to a grasshopper. I used to think that is not the way it happened at all. The one good thing about having Alzheimer's is that you can hide your own Easter eggs.  Now I realize it really don't  matter. It is just a story and it may have sounded better than the truth. And what is the truth? Hell, I don't remember. In the tradition of Forrest Gump. Read my book, that is what my Momma always used to say. "Life is like a box of chocolates," You never know just what you are gonna get" Order Blue Bayou online, bring it to smoke school and I will proudly sign it. Click here read a sample chapter about Louisiana Fishing and to learn more about the book. Read about how I started writing the novel on a napkin in a truck stop.

We all have stories to tell. I always try to tell stories at smoke school. It takes time for me to adjust the knobs and get the smoke to stabilize between readings. This is dead air space on the Public Address system. Dead air space leaves room for you to anticipate the next reading and builds up stress. Stress always is the enemy. Do not look at the smoke between readings, this causes optical illusions. You see the smoke building or falling with the valve adjustment but you may not see it come back down. You will be confused, so just sit back and listen to the story.

I tell a lot of family stories that I heard when I was a kid sitting at the campfire during deer hunting trips. My daddy always used to say that there were more deer shot at the campfire than on any other stand in the woods. For some strange reason smoke school reminds me of sitting at the campfire. After the testing is all over, the food is cooked and served, and the visitation begins, it always reminds me of the deer hunting camp.

We all have stories to tell. People want to read these stories. If you have a good story to tell, just put it on a word file and email it to me smokeschool@yahoo.com as an attachment. If the stories are good and there ain't no dirty words I will post them down below.

My Internet Stories. Click the links below: Been writing these since 1998.

Imagine by John Lennon- Words and music by John Lennon set to photographs-this will bring tears

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda by Eric Bogle - A war protest story for all ages set to photographs

The Cat the Horse and the 57 Chevy- Stuffing Maggie the Cat and the new Amish Horse Nov 15, 2008

The Life and Times of Roddy White, Logger, Hunter from Clarks Louisiana in Caldwell Parish- The story of Papaw White, My grandfather.

Larry the Cable Guy Yard Man- November 7, 2008

We may be headed for another great depression. Vote Election 2008.

This story is about LSU Baseball, the College World Series, lazy days of summer, problems with the swimming pool, fishing, and Uncle George going to jail. There is a link below where you can make donations for Jerry’s kids. Click here to read it.

Hurricane Gustav and Fishing on the Yucatan

Annie- the bionic 6 million dollar duck dog

Friday Night Fights, Family, and Deer Camps

Fire ants, thunderstorms and grass at the bottom of the hill

Fishing if for fun and relaxation. We are going fishing even if it kills us.

Crossett Arkansas Ghost Light March 28, 2008 from George Artie Whitlow (age 59). Are they ghosts from the past or little green men in flying saucers?

Brain Cancer Healing and the Mercy of God

I yam what I yam - Little League Baseball influences- The Pool Hall Culture-Family and Fishing- The basic training of life

Attitude Adjustment Bolo Paddles Fan Belts, and Harley Davidson/ 911, The Early Days of Smoke School, and refer a friend

Click here to go bear hunting with a switch

Oprah Winfrey Cancer Alley Oil Field Patch Sludge and Class Action Lawsuits- A touch of Louisiana Politics as usual

A plant manager's worst nightmare. Sir, we have army tanks at the front gate.

Ralph Nader C-5 Cargo Planes Noise House Trailers and Plane Crashes

Can I download the music that is on the smoke school web site?

Fishing is For Fun and Relaxation- Letz go fishing, even if it kills us. Chapter 8 of my Novel Blue Bayou Days

I caught a very big fish- a 300 pounder- Me- I caught myself on the finger

Sometimes I worry about dying

California, Sequoias, Bear and Mule Deer

My heroes ain't always been cowboys. A tribute to a life long friend. Duke Andrepont- giver, founder of Opelousas Daily World, and inventor of Offset Press. 

Boudreaux and Thibodaux Jokes, Amish Jokes, other jokes from our customers  and friends

Merry Christmas from Whitlow 2007

A tribute to my daddy, George Wesley Whitlow- the person who molded me. Written by my Uncle Maurice Whitlow for Minden Louisiana Memories. This is a historic look with photographs through North Louisiana History.

Every World War 2 veteran gave something, some gave it all. Letters home from my Uncle Artie JR Whitlow- whom never made it home to meet me

Alligators Possums and Road Kill

Angie and Uncle George honeymoon in NEW YORK CITY!!!

LSU Football image/ LSU Tigers Verses South Carolina Game Cocks- Geaux Tigers

Our Romantic Wedding in New Oleans French Quarter- Angela and George are married

The stress of ever day taxes 2007

My personal concerns about justice and the convictions of innocent people for murder

The Shed- By the Power Invested in me by The King of Indiana, I ORDER YOU TO MOVE THIS SHED 20 FEET

My Daddy- The Life and Times of George Wesley Whitlow This story includes pictures of daddy with his now antique Harley Davison and His 53 Oldsmobile Safety Crusader Car.

Margeaux, the dummy mannequin from Thibodaux, my bestest friend

Smoke school weather. My memories of my childhood. The deer hunting camp. Campfires, Uncle Hip. The reason I conduct smoke schools. Turn your speaker up loud. It might rain.

Parts falling off the smoke machine, the throne, God's Mercy, and a plea for your help in replacing books destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Reading opacity in high winds can be difficult. using an outhouse in high winds can be hazardous to your health. If you don't believe it, then just ask me, Uncle George

My cancer is back March 12, 2006 A story from the heart of Uncle George

I have a pet peeve. Keep life simple. Keep smoke school simple.

Hurricane Katrina my opinion a plea for help

The story of the chicken shooter cannon

The Waffle House Baby and the World Famous Man

LSU Research: Alligators are Dangerous no matter how drunk you are Who would a thunk it? Hit your back button to come back to this page

I am sad to say my Momma passed away. This is her obituary I wrote in her last hours. I read this to her and she liked it

Live action video and audio of all LSU Sports The Geaux Zone

Jeanie, My Favorite Cousin of All

How to have a Crawfish cook out/ hit your back button after you read this

Heather Lois Whitlow age 13- poetry

Friends By: Heather Lois Whitlow

Puppies for Christmas

Heather and Daddy go to Florida

Have you been dreaming of a White Christmas?- Merry Christmas 2004

Photo Album from Whitlow Enterprises EPA Smoke Schools. These are records of memories as the Whitlow Bunch travels across this great Nation USA in pursuit of friendship, truth, and fun. An educational experience for all who come here. The photos are listed by the states we travel. Check here often, you may find your picture here. We add photos often.

Click here to go bear hunting with a switch

Click here >> to hear the song Thurdy Point Buck

This is the story of the night we got lost fishing on Lake Bistineau

Road kill , thurdy point buck Chetek Wisconsin Smoke School Story and photo album

The Great Wall

The 12-foot Alligator at Smoke School

Deer hunting in Louisiana can be dangerous to your health. If you don't believe it just ask John Wagoner of Columbia, Louisiana. Come pass a good time at this site. But first promise not to laugh at this

Christmas 2003,  Heather learns the truth about Santa Clause  and the Amish Horse hunting expedition

Space Shuttle Fallout, a humorous East Texas moment in a tragic event

Forty Below-the first Whitlow Milwaukee, Wisconsin Smoke School

Forty days and Forty Nights of Rain, the Monroe, Louisiana Smoke School February 2004

Marijuana Smoking School story, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and West Monroe, Louisiana

The Midnight Cowboy Stories from 1998 to 2001.

And the band played Waltzing Matilda

Don Binkley, Tiffany's Uncle shot and killed in hunting accident in Union Parish Louisiana near Farmerville.

Heather makes honor roll

tips from a middle age parent about raising your kids

more of heather's pics

I am looking for a place to deer hunt

Have you seen my daughter? people search for Erin Whitlow

Angola prison, lake photos, the movie I was in, "The Old Man"

Grandville and Faye Evans Wedding

Peaches Beaux, the girl next door

tomato stakes and bean poles for sale

my introduction

Horticulture Tips for especially for you

LSU Wins, LSU WINS, 2000 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

Scenic Louisiana, Lake Bistineau State park

Louisiana Links

Baton Rouge Links

Lost with bob dylan on highway 61, a photo filled senic view of natchez,mississippi, saint francisville, dog wood trees, historic homes adventure, also lyrics to highway 61 revisited

plantation   houses and wildlife photos

lovely garden photos

World War 2 letters, My Uncles Story from his own pen

gun control and the Brady law

The murder of a small girl child and the death penalty

Take a bite out of crime, take the crime out of drugs, legalize drugs

The Baton Rouge Martin Luther King Day Murder. The trial game of Brandon Johnson. Where is American justice

Another innocent man bites the dust, the Kawatta Bosby Murder Trials

The movie I was in, "The Old Man"

gone with the wind, hush hush sweet charlotte

Gone with the wind

Tom Hanks

John Wayne

Take the ribbons from your hair, jerry lee lewis or Kris Kristofferson

 The day I met Ronnie Milsap

Born On A Bayou Lyrics by CCR

Born on a Bayou midi

Chain of Love by Clay Walker, lyrics

aliens, spaceships and dogs at redwood creek farm

Two Brothers went to war. One came home. And one never saw home again. The story of my Uncle, Artie JR Whitlow- A soldiers letters to his Momma.

Imagine by John Lennon, set to music and photographs. Look once and you will never forget.

Whatever happened to old fashioned friendship and common courtesy?