My great grandmother about town

My sister Jenny found this and sent it my way. This is my great grandmother (my mother’s mother’s mother) Dorothy Stephens (“Gran’ma”), 49, in the Birmingham Post-Herald on September 30, 1955: She’s been gone 15 years or so. She adored my sister and me and doted on us endlessly. One of my very favorite things … Read more

MySpace redux

OK, whether I’m cool enough to do it or not, it’s been pretty neat so far. It’s a good way to keep up with long-distance friends. Two blasts from the past have popped up in my inbox, and that’s fun. Most notably so far, I’ve gotten reacquainted with a special bud from high school. We … Read more

Art the free spirit

I occasionally crossed paths in college with a guy I’ll call Art. I don’t want to say I “went to college” with him, because that implies we were around each other a lot, and we weren’t. He’d just kind of be in my life a time or two a year, like I’m hanging out or … Read more

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