The year 1945 was fading fast as my wife Nancy and I trudged home that evening in mid-Manhattan.…
Once upon a Christmas several years ago, when our children were quite small, my father came to visit…
This is the story of how a small city in Wisconsin—and a team of football players—were hit by…
Opening night. The audience takes their seats. The makeup artist applies a few finishing touches on me before…
I’m a Thanksgiving baby. At 2:00 a.m. on November 25, 1960, just a few hours after Thanksgiving dinner,…
In recent years I have had two very good roles on television: Florence, the wisecracking maid on the…
Many of us, I think, can look back and recall certain specific moments in our lives that take…
From the time I tagged along with Daddy to flea markets, I’ve adored antiques. Yesterday’s treasures ground us…
I couldn’t have asked for a better childhood, growing up in Poteau, Oklahoma, a town of 8,000 near…
I’ve lived in Alabama and loved books my entire life. As an English teacher, I showed my students…
I recently visited Madison, Indiana, to see the 1880s Eagle Cotton Mill that my brother, Ron, had restored…
