Twenty six inches from elbow to elbow, said the funeral director, and we searched with a yardstick tucked against the padded coffin walls, for one that would hold a man who was larger than life to me. I thought of all the foolish risks he had taken in his life, like dodging the railroad cops […]
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My Father Sept 12 1914 to Jan 26 2006
Posted in Dad, Death and renewal on June 27, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not Lydia, but we’re related
Posted in uncategorized on June 5, 2021 | Leave a Comment »
Lydia Ross McGee is the main character in my new book, She Left The Babies in the Bed. She and I were born about 100 years apart in the same county in rural central Kentucky. As my father would want me to quickly point out, we are not mountain people, and I suppose I should […]