When W.T. Woodson’s Class of 1967 graduated, America was all about youth. Very few of the graduates were even imagining a world in which they might grow old and die. The rented gowns were heavy and more than a little scratchy. Royal blue for the boys, white for the girls and gold sashes for members …
Let’s try something just for fun. If you were a teenager in the 1960s and listened to AM radio, you are doubtless aware that most major stations had very tight playlists. As bizarre as it may sound now. until the mid 1970s, after the movie “American Graffiti” made oldies a big deal, songs on most …
One of the saddest things about aging is remembering the things you used to love doing but for one reason or another you don’t do anymore. Very high on that list for me is golf, and even a little higher is playing golf with close friends. Playing golf was a big part of my life …
I AM WOMAN “Yes, I am wise, but it’s wisdom born of pain …” If someone had asked Darla Garber in 1967 what life would hold for her, the answer would have been fairly simple. All the blonde beauty really wanted out of life at that point was to love and be loved, to move …
I saw a post on Facebook the other day suggesting that people stop believing that foxes were a threat to household pets. Frances Hall Watson, one of my favorite friends I’ve never met, posted this meme. One of the people commenting on it agreed with her, but added that on the other hand, coyotes will …
From 2009: In April 1945, a week after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was buried, his widow took a train from Washington, D.C., to New York City. When she reached her apartment in Washington Square, reporters met her outside. They had lots of questions about her future plans, the late president’s legacy and all sorts of …
The one and only time I saw a movie at Radio City Music Hall was in 1957. Our seats were in the first row — not great for watching a movie on a huge screen — off to the right facing the screen. The movie we saw was perfect for a massive screen — 1957 …
“A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn’t think he’d remember. You take me. One day, back in 1896, I was crossing over to Jersey on the ferry, and as we pulled out, there was another ferry pulling in, and on it there was a girl waiting to get off. A white dress …
From Summer 2009. It is hard for me to believe that just two days ago, on a lovely Friday in the south of France, I stood on one side of the Lot River and took this picture of this village. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is just a little town in the mountains, but the view is truly spectacular …
“America has become a cruel and vicious place. We reward the shallowest, the dumbest, the meanest and the loudest. We no longer have any common sense of decency. No sense of shame. There is no right and wrong. The worst qualities in people are looked up to and celebrated. Lying and spreading fear is fine …
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