Hi! I’m Ruthi

...and my life[F]unscripted started in a creaky old mill house at 13 East Petain Street, a South Alabama neighborhood that straddled the poverty line. It was a place that fueled stories.

I learned the #1 lesson for a storyteller — open your eyes and ears. I looked, listened, and WOW! Stories were happening all around me — unexpected, touching, and funny stories. I only had to write them down.

There were old folks sitting on front porches ready to tell me their stories — peppered with colorful old Southern sayings.
Funny stories come from my childhood memories of the crazy things grown-ups said. I heard my great aunt say, “He needed shooting, so Eula shot him.” There had to be a story there.
My blunders turn into some uncomfortable stories but laughing at mistakes is the best medicine.
There are stories about the funny things people do when they face unexpected twists and turns in their lives.
Weird encounters with strangers write sometimes funny and sometimes creepy stories.
I'm married to the love of my life and we live stories that tell the secret of how to make love last — laugh!
Then, I got a puppy and learned it's a dog’s job is to make every walk into a story.