Tall Tales of a Shorter Nature
Over the summer of 1968, our family’s single year of apartment dwelling ended by moving to a new house. As a result, I transferred to a different elementary school for fifth grade, Cloverdale Elementary, which was to be my fourth school to attend in five years! With the dreaded-but-familiar loss of old friends impending, I …
September 2, 2025
Daughter Elizabeth and I had flown to San Jose for a college application test. As a lark, I rented a Ford Mustang convertible for tooling around in. Although long past my midlife crisis (a convertible red Mazda Miata had sufficed for that), the car had an unexpected effect on me; I found myself driving like …
November 19, 2021
Having moved into our new house in southwest Little Rock that summer, I transferred to Cloverdale Elementary for the first day of fifth grade, just after Labor Day. Cloverdale was within easy walking distance of our home, which was a first for me. This was my fourth school during my family’s nomadic period, achieved American …
October 11, 2021