From Virginia, age 90 As a child, Mom and I lived in Grandmom Magdelene’s home. Grandmom raised chickens. She had a beautiful foot-pedal Singer sewing machine. She made my wardrobe out of “Feed Sack” — 100% durable cotton designs of floral prints and stripes. She made mostly skirts, and purchased blouses from the Woolworth 5 […]
The Curious Incident of the Loafer in the Night
By Dave Birrell 1994 was the summer that I finished university, baseball went on strike, I moved in with one of my sisters, and I tried to figure out my life.For a year, I lived with my sister in her apartment, Cambridge Towers, on the corner of Cambridge and Taylor. I was there to help […]