Category Archives: 441

How time slips away

Posted on October 15, 2012 by S.

Not so long ago, I asked my mother to play “The Entertainer,” by Scott Joplin. She said, “I don’t know that song.” If you ever wondered how you would know childhood was definitively over, I can tell you that it … Continue reading →

Posted in 441, getting older, Mama, middle-aged, Rural Georgia, South | 5 Comments

Trash

Posted on February 15, 2011 by S.

Where I grew up, in rural Georgia, it was a 15-minute trip to get to town. Town-town, where you’d get your hair cut or buy a pair of shoes or real groceries or underpants, not Rentz, where you might run … Continue reading →

Posted in 441, Grandmother, Rural Georgia, Slattery, Trash | 1 Comment