If Patrick, Leslie or Amy is/was your great grandparent, you may or may not find the following easy to believe. While I’m sure you have observed the continual escalation of prices for goods and services, it only takes on important meaning after you’ve been around long enough to see just how much the purchasing power … Read more
It’s fair to say I’m a lifelong Democrat. But I don’t know anyone who is 100% either Dem or Repub. But I’m surely about 90% Dem. Some scientists suggest that we may be hard-wired to be either left or right-leaning. I suspect that’s true. I grew up in a UMW, AFL, CIO, AFM household, where … Read more
I don’t know much about computers. Compared to today’s 12-year-old, I’m an ignoramus. I come from a prehistoric generation, when phones were connected by wire, when electric ovens were new, when there were no cell phones, no smart phones, no email, no texting, no caller ID, no call waiting, no message phones, no answering machines, … Read more
This is a short piece which reflects on my favorite “stuff.” It would probably change if I did it again, so don’t attach a lot of finality to my thoughts. It’s meant to give grandchildren and their children a window into the family’s past. I’m sure my own kids have already heard me talk about … Read more
William Hite was my Dad’s maternal grandfather. He was born near Staunton, Virginia, and was a Civil War veteran — on the confederate side. He married a much younger Alice Jameson in 1875, and in his adult life was a cabinet maker. In the 1920s he and Alice lived in Alderson with Granddad Farley’s family. … Read more