In 1968, I was six years old and in the first grade at a small rural elementary school in East Tennessee. I had a friend named Cindy in my class. We ate lunch together, played jump rope together at recess, all those things little girls do. Being little girls, I wanted to invite my friend, … Continue reading Color blind
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Eclectic travels
When I was very young, many Sunday afternoons were spent piled into the back of an olive-drab Pontiac Ventura with my brother as my dad and mom took us on a drive. Sometimes we would pack a picnic lunch, and a cooler of drinks. We kids never knew where we were going, and most of … Continue reading Eclectic travels
A white lightning Christmas
With the return of my oldest from college, our family finally began the task of decorating for Christmas. The first order of business was to assemble our Christmas tree, an artificial tree. Having lived in Florida for nearly 15 years, I can't remember the last time we had a real tree. As a kid there … Continue reading A white lightning Christmas
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