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Tag Archives: Virginia
Chapter 60: Look Away, Dixieland
Let me set the stage for the next few entries…. My college was Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. At the time I attended school there it was an all-male college. And for those of you with dirty minds, … Continue reading
Chapter 59: All the Sad Young Men
I think I’ve been away from this blog for a while because I’ve been trying not to write this entry…. I didn’t want to write this. I didn’t mean to write this…but I need to write this before I can … Continue reading
Chapter 58: The Wiseman
We’re going to get really heavy Southern Gothic here. Just give me time to get there…. Let me start by saying, after 20 years in a Corporate office, I started working from home a couple of weeks ago. I’m going … Continue reading
Chapter 56: Integration-Part 2: Negroes, Lesbians and Yankees, Oh My!
Once integration happened, it was really no big deal to most of us. Some of our parents, however, never recovered. The South in those days, at least in small towns like ours, was built a lot of unbendable, undefinable, unpublished, … Continue reading
Chapter 55: Integration- Part 1: Or When Sunny Gets Blue
I’ve said it before, growing up in Danville, Virginia in the late 1960’s to early 1970’s was like growing up in South Africa under Apartheid. Brown vs the Board of Education took many years to be fully implemented in the … Continue reading
Chapter 53: Easter: Or How I Became a Fashion Victim
I come from a very presentational family. Easter always brought out the best and worst of that trait. To give you a perspective, my mother was a Cheerleader. My sister was a dancer and a Majorette. My niece is following in … Continue reading
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