Monthly Archives: April 2011

Eugene Cross lived near us on Worley Road. His house was right where the white folks’ houses ended and the colored folks’ houses started. His daddy, I was told, sold illegal whiskey out of his house. Eugene was a fast-talkin’, fast cursing, little spitfire. Many of the kids in the neighborhood didn’t stand in hisContinue reading “BLUE-JEAN CROSS”

I saw someone post a link to a performance of Johnny Cash’s “Were You There?” hymn. I remember a teacher singing that song in a school assembly at Parker High School in  1966. Johnny did a great job on it though…and Elvis could sing “Let There Be Peace in the Valley” until you were wipingContinue reading “That’s What It’s all About”

Our youngest grandson asked me if we could go fishing when Nana got out of the hospital. I told him we would go fishing very soon, but had to get Nana well enough for us to leave her for a few hours, which he understood. I remember going fishing with my dad when I wasContinue reading “Gone Fishing”