Growing Up In Waldron

I'm happy to announce the publication of my new book, "Beautiful Beulah Belle and Other Tales." This book contains 34 new ...

 People always thought it was kind of funny that their names were so similar:  Albert and Alberta.  Albert was never called that; everyone w...

Love Always, Skipper The rest of the family always said that Skipper was emotionally disturbed, and there’s a better than even chance tha...

Addie was Mama’s older sister. She was always kind of like our second Mama; I guess that got started when Mama was in the hospital for over ...

Our store-bought birthday cake, circa 1964.  I share my birthday.  I arrived at Sparks Hospital on a snowy January 18, 1956, at 12:34 p.m...

There was no such thing as kindergarten at Waldron Elementary School back in the 1960's.  First grade was where it all began; the first ...

I started my school career dutifully partaking of the nourishment offered by our school cafeteria. Being a somewhat picky eater, I held mos...