Stories are the key to the gateway to the past, present, and future. In my career in academia and outside of it, I’ve sat at the Knights’ round table, slept on a gondola in Venice, painted a white fence in Missouri, fought for survival during the Depression, threw parties in a mansion in hopes of catching the eye of the one I love, fought otherworldly … Continue reading A Man of All Time
Southerners are born to tell stories. It’s undeniable. It’s instilled in us at a young age sitting in Grandpa’s lap listening to the grand adventures he’s been on in life. Some are blown out of proportion, some are told out of order, and some take a while to tell, but they made us fall in love with the performance. Campfires and sleepovers are incomplete without … Continue reading Sweet Tea and Southern Drawl: Southerners Are Storytellers
Recounts, Reflections, and Other Writings 