Tales from Turtletown #3: The Kimsey Boys

Tales from Turtletown #3: The Kimsey Boys

[Photo by Tom Quandt on Unsplash] When my parents first told us we were moving to Turtletown, Tennessee, my brother and I were pretty skeptical as you might imagine.  “Turtletown! What is that!” was our first response. In the end, seventh grade in Turtletown was...
Tales from Doug #1: The Lawn Mower

Tales from Doug #1: The Lawn Mower

[Photo by zherui-zhang on Unsplash] Dad (Douglas Thompson) took full advantage of his time as an enlisted man in the Air Force and absolutely loved it. He’d been in for eight years and he said many times he would never have left except for his calling into the...
Tales from the Cold #3: The Visitor

Tales from the Cold #3: The Visitor

[Photo by Abby Savage on Unsplash] This is a tale with an epilogue nearly 45 years later. I was on my way from Miami , Florida to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1966. At that time it was a five day road trip. Roads weren’t the same then as they are today. Most of the...