Throwing Stones

      I was fond of reading out of doors in fine weather, and, one bright afternoon, taking a book, I set off to a secluded part of the grounds where there was a little pond full of beautiful water-lilies and surrounded by flowering shrubs of various sorts. On the bank of the pond […]

Southern values & The Belt

Southern values & The Belt

  When I was 23, I went to North Carolina for a short visit with my mother’s cousin Lois – and it was during this stay that I became aware that, generally speaking, southerners are a lot more conservative in their values, particularly when it came to such matters as their children’s behaviour. At the […]

Under Age Drinking

Under Age Drinking

When I was in my mid 20s, I became fascinated by the nomadic lifestyle of the RV (recreational) vehicle folks – I had this image in my head of plain-spoken people who might have work blue collar jobs and be very direct in their mannerisms. Of course, what I eventually found was that these people […]