by Sean Percy | Jan 3, 2018 | Community, Memoir
By Jean Medley It had been another long day riding the ridge of mountains that bisects the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. We could have cycled for another two hours, but decided to stop when we saw what seemed like a perfect campsite. We began setting up our...
by admin | Oct 3, 2017 | Community, Memoir, Profiles
Who is haunting this house?: In 1927, newlyweds Elena and Angelo Culos, above, had their picture snapped on the steps out front. Three years earlier, his parents, Anthony and Anna Culos, had built it. In Italian tradition, they may have placed special family artifacts...
by Sean Percy | Jul 5, 2017 | Community, Memoir, Profiles
As long as I can remember, running has been where I’ve felt most comfortable. The feel of my body moving through space, the wind, the matched sound of my footfalls and my own heartbeat. By Mel Edgar There’s a freedom. I don’t have to worry about anything: if my face...
by Sean Percy | Jun 2, 2017 | Memoir, Profiles
By Kathy Bennett The official name of the road we lived on was Padgett Road, named after the Padgett family who lived there once upon a time, but locals have always called it “The Valley” or, “The Valley Road” or, “Paradise Valley”. Locals also know that “THE Valley”...
by Sean Percy | Nov 9, 2011 | Memoir
When I was in seventh grade my home economics teacher Miss Harrington told the cooking class to tie long hair in a pony tail or put on a hair net. I chose to tie my hair back in a pony tail. Or Two. Or ten. I used to wear my hair quite short in those days and I...
