The Back Stories With Darnell and Cornelia - A New Series

Hello Everone,
or as like my friend Darnell likes to say hello Stamplings!

You all probably know Darnell from djkarkreations, how could you not??? She has a great

way with words that I deeply admire. You just have to read this post and you will be hooked!

Never mind, her blog posts are always immensely entertaining as well. I wish I had the time

to read them all.

Over the years I got the idea that I should make a story book with my stamps.

The problem was that I couldn't come up with ideas.

But one day it struck me that this could be a collaboration with Darnell as the author

and me as the illustrator. So a few month ago I proposed to Darnell and to my immense

delight she said - YES!

We don't feel a book is warranted, but we did think that our friends might be amused,

if we launched a blog series once or twice of month with a bit of silliness.

As this day is April Fool's Day, it seemed the perfect day for lift-off!

Please let us know what you think. Enjoy! And Happy April Fool's Day!

Darnell and Cornelia

The Back Stories

Darnell J. Knauss, Author

Cornelia Wenokor, Illustrator

ABRAHAM, THOMAS, AND SUZY

[Excepted from Websville Community Newsletter.]

Welcome to another series where we let you, our neighbors, get to know your candidates

on a more personal level. We know you are all fascinated by the fact that a set of triplets

is vying against each other for the one vacant Rat City Council seat and you want to know

more about them.

Let us first introduce you to Abraham.

Abraham is known in the community as The Realist.

When the triplets were born, Abe was the oldest and the biggest.

Immediately, their mother started treating Abe as her right-hand man,
especially since their father had been killed in a trap on his way home
from the pizza parlor a week before the triplets were born. Abe never
disappointed his mother. He saw to all their needs and never had a
childhood of his own. No one was surprised when Abe became the
first rat in the family to attend college and earn a degree in Logistics.

Next is Thomas.

Thomas is the middle mouse.

He is known as the Doubter. Being in the middle between his brother and
sister, Thomas doesn’t know who to believe, so he believes no one.

You’ll never hear Thomas answer a question with a straight Yes or No.

Instead he’ll say, “I doubt it.” Or, “What makes you say that?” Or,
“Let me think about it.” And his most-used phrase, said in a sulky tone:
“Well, I don’t know about that.”

Last, but not least, we have Suzy.

Suzy is known as the Optimist. Suzy welcomes life with open arms.

She feels that every day is a blessing and she wakes up excited to see what
adventures await her. Her brothers pretty much hate her, especially when
she breaks out into a rousing rendition of, “Oh, Suzannah!”

Their long-suffering mother once asked Suzy why she was such an optimist

when her brothers were not. Suzy just smiled and answered quietly, “Well, that’s

obvious, Mom. According to the laws of nature, there must be two polar opposites.

I’m the equator.”

©04/01/2019

Vol. 1 Ep.1

Stamp supplies:
Katzelkraft rats,
sentiments by Rubbernecker and Crackerbox&So Suzy Stamps