Back about the time of living on the park at the mill village (1987-1996); the children would ask me a question about the past and I, being unable to recall and sure that I was losing my mind, would often respond that I was in memory overflow. I explained that... Read more →
On Monday evening T and I went out to Oskar Blues to listen to one of our favorite local "Old Time" music groups, the "Hogtown Squealers". They delivered a spirited and driving rendition of "Thunder Road" which reminded me of the movie Thunder Road (1958) which reminded me of the... Read more →
From the writings of Thomas circa 1950s, found in his papers. Presented to a Parent Teacher Organization in the mid 1950s PARENTS: THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE! A father was heard recently to say, "When I was a boy I did what my father wanted me to, and now that I'm a... Read more →
Thomas was born in 1909 and around 1989 he wrote about his first job, as a fatherless only child, on his mother's farm. He was likely about 8 years old at the time. Burton sometimes let me operate the reaper and binder, which was used to harvest oats, rye, and... Read more →
There is a farm on the Orangeburg Scarp in South Carolina, that we called ours for 94 years until 1984. And on that farm we had some cows which made necessary a new bull every year or so. In the winter of 1978-'79 we had a dream of getting in... Read more →
Out beyond wrong and right there is a field I will meet you there - Rumi Going to the Sun My siblings and I share the same genetics but our hair is of different colors and lengths and we have each taken markedly different paths through life. We have a... Read more →
My memory of when my world was new is less cluttered than the sea of activity and emotion of later years. I remember the first day of the first grade. We were only about a dozen and all sitting in the grass in the sunshine by the big Hackberry tree outside the gym door and Jackie shared her lunch with me. That was the kindest thing that someone outside my family had done for me. I don’t suppose I’ll ever forget. Read more →
Lib, from the beginning took me to meet her wide family relationship and that strengthened my attraction to her. I was struck by how effortlessly all of her family joyously greeted each other and reveled in the enjoyment of their times together. Read more →
