The Call of the Chickadees is a collection of short stories inspired by my life experiences from early childhood and onward. Growing up in Cornelia, Georgia and the sister of three younger brothers, my years at home were challenging. Our parents were strict-Dad's leather strop punished our wrong doings. They were also hardworking, church-going, family oriented citizens. Then it seemed our lives began to fall apart. I rebelled, and this volume contains some of my tales.