I am not a phone talker. Nobody in my family is, but it occurred to me today that I had not spoken to my parents in a… Read more “The Old Man and the Coon, or, Tales of Daddy and Popeye”
Category: Homeplace
Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering
Today is June 19th, Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when news of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier finally reached enslaved persons in Texas.… Read more “Race, Religion, and the Lost Cause: Observation from the National ONA Gathering”
Season of Lilacs: Memoir For My Mother
Down home, where they know you by name and treat you like family, Down home, where a man’s good word and a handshake are all you need.… Read more “Season of Lilacs: Memoir For My Mother”