Now on top of all of this came my introduction to the Copperhill Gang. Lou was from the Copperhill/Ducktown part of Tennessee so it was natural for others from Copperhill to look him up when they arrived in town. As a result, I gradually became connected with the small community of Copperhill people of myContinue reading “Detroit 2 cont- Copperhill Gang”
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Detroit 2 (continued)
The Street Scene, Woodward Avenue Snow. Beautifully decorated Christmas trees and storefronts. Electric streetcars. Crowds of shoppers, wealthy ladies, chauffer-driven limousines, beautiful Christmas music, and my boss driving down Grand River in his new Lincoln-my envy. All of these sensations and more from 60, some now 70 years ago, continue to flood my consciousness whenContinue reading “Detroit 2 (continued)”
Detroit 2: The Second Round
Rambler post 3, Trip #2 Prelude: I hitched a ride with some Southerner searching for the promised land, i.e. a job that paid “real” money. For southerners of the mountain south that meant Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, etc. High school was behind me. Now I had to face the world. I had to find out whatContinue reading “Detroit 2: The Second Round”
College: first try- Fall 1954
Rambler section 2 With my Uncle Jim’s help (generosity) I was able to acquire a motorcycle that provided my transportation from Valley Forge into town to work. It was another risk. I never carried insurance of any type, I never even thought of it. I was able to get a job at a service stationContinue reading “College: first try- Fall 1954”
The Beginning: The First Road Trip
“ROADS” Scholarship Funds (Trip #1) Still in High School Detroit 1: This trip took place in the late spring and summer of 1953. I had just finished my junior year of high school and took the opportunity to accompany my grandfather to Detroit to visit his daughter- my Aunt Eleanor. Both she and her husbandContinue reading “The Beginning: The First Road Trip”
P. S. Make Me a Bouquet of Wildflowers
Originally posted on Map of a Mountain Man:
A little girl’s laugh A little girl’s smile These things make me happy Happy little girls do Things little girls do Each act like a flower’s bloom Swinging out bouquets Roses drawn of love Watering their flowers Playing house for fun These are joys of life I’m…
Thoughts
Thoughts Only by striving and exploring the Outer most limits of your being will you really find life and be in close touch with God. Comfort can be most destructive. Some striving is destructive because It leads not to new growth but a Vicious cycle and dead end. Your strength can’t be or Certainly shouldContinue reading “Thoughts”
P. S. Make Me a Bouquet of Wildflowers
A little girl’s laugh A little girl’s smile These things make me happy Happy little girls do Things little girls do Each act like a flower’s bloom Swinging out bouquets Roses drawn of love Watering their flowers Playing house for fun These are joys of life I’m glad I’ve had some
Morning
Morning, I’ve come out to meet you I’ll just sit on this old rotten log here And you can nuzzle up beside me Caress me with your misty breath Make me tingle with excitement at your beauty I behold your dazzling radiance and my heart swells so With awe and love and excitement That IContinue reading “Morning”
Snow Storm
Like a thin veil The gray white harbingers of A coming storm Sweep across the face of A full moon Set like a glittering diamond In the cold blue of A winter night The landscape itself In the ethereal light of The winter moon Already gives the appearance Of A snow covered scene The cloudsContinue reading “Snow Storm”
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