Recollections

Sharing the Wealth! Growing up in war time, or shortly after required us to share a lot of things. Families had to stick together and neighbors had to help neighbors....

Mother’s Day This week’s article is an update to one published five years ago. It follows my thinking today very closely and addresses this week’s focus. Our moms are the...

Setting the Scene Some of you may know that I’m working on getting some of my weekly column organized into a book. I have been in touch with a publisher...

The Early Years I have been busy trying to remember all the good times of growing up. I have come up with more blank places than detailed memories. Often it...

An Easter Message I’m writing this just in case you somehow miss attending church this Easter. Sometimes we have to miss and sometimes we choose not to be bothered. For...

Music Back Then Growing up in Louisa during the forties and fifties us ‘boomers’ listened to all kinds of music which meant a lot to our lives. For me, it...

More High School Memories This week I pondered through the various memories of the new Louisa High School building to see what I may have forgotten. Many of my classmates...

Johnny Bill Boggs How does write a story about a ‘best friend’ that shared nearly every experience, good and bad, as we grew up? This is especially tough when a...

Stanley Brown!    I wrote an article about Stanley a few years back, but I think it may be worth rereading and sharing with you again. When I was growing...

New Building LHS Well, kind of new. I guess nothing stays new. This building was built during the depression by WPA and has the same general look for schools all...

What have the Irish ever done for us? by David Forsythe   As we celebrate Ireland and all things Irish this St Patrick's Day there is no better time to...

Second Floor, Old Building Back in 2011 I wrote an article pertaining to some of what I remember about the big auditorium that took up a lot of the second...

Teachers, Old Building Those persons who are still living and attended the old Louisa High School will remember the Cheek family. They were pretty much in charge of education during...

Introduction to Music Before discussing the teachers and classes remaining on the first floor of that old building I cannot help but have thoughts of the top floor at the...

Books & Study In writing recently about the old LHS building I had barely gotten by the front door when our gatekeeper, Mr. Bascom Boyd took over the article. There...

Junk cars Do you remember playing in an old car? Surely every kid had a time sitting in a Junker pretending in their own little world. One time I remember...

Cobwebs When I took some moments to reflect back on my days of growing up in Louisa, I am puzzled about what made those days memorable. It wasn’t solely the...

Aprons and other things Granny put the receiver back on the crank wall phone and suddenly hollered out, “She’s coming!” the elderly lady turned and hurried to her first-floor bedroom...