A
Methodist Accountant in India
My father's
World War II experiences.
Toastmaster
Speeches by my
father: Vote, disagree but not bitterly, avoid strikes, sell
the idea of giving.
The
Swing
Discovering
the story of a dramatic lynching in my father's hometown.
Two
Thousand Tom Thomases
Just how
unusual is my repetitive name?
One
Hundred Tom Thomases
Fivescore
folks who answer to the same name as I.
Got
a Match?
My father's
matchbook collection.
B.R.
Isaiah
On India's
religions, the changes brought by Christianity, and a church that our
family built.
Cringing
My phobia
about being inside tall rooms may be related to an evolutionarily
acquired reflex.
Threads:
My Father's Dealership
A summer job
at the Chevrolet garage leads to a few incidents recounted in letters.
Seeing
the Western USA
The
illustrated diary of a three-week car trip in 1959.
Threads:
Vacations with Parents
Such as
Pennsylvania in 1975. |
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Vernon
Thomas at the Richwood Fair
A local poet
guests on my father's radio program from the fair.
Baby
Pictures
A few images
from my first six months, including a cartoon.
Covington
My parents
were married in this Kentucky city. They never told me why.
Dearest
Ann
Excerpts from
my father's letters from Calcutta in 1944.
New
Wheels
For the first
time in 153,351 miles, I invest in a new car.
My
Double's Still At Large
A mysterious
neighbor must look just like me.
Threads:
The Lonely Guy
Writing to old
loves about the potential for new loves.
Item
Four
Unable to
love, I nevertheless pen a sonnet.
other
Romance articles
Antihymeneal Hymns
Fragment
The Parable of the Lady and the Cat
The Prophetess
Threads:
Still Living at Home
Miscellany,
including a puzzle.
Threads:
My First Apartment
In Washington, Pennsylvania.
Threads:
My Father and Me
More travel,
after my mother's death. |