I’m headed to Albany next Thursday to take care of the sell of Ms. Irene‘s dream house; a bittersweet trip, not looking forward to that part. The house has been in the family since it was built in 1970. I snapped this picture of it last March when I was home researching the novel…love that dogwood.
I AM looking forward to late October in southwest Georgia (SOWEGA); seeing my friends and relatives; more researching and polishing up the manuscript (actually talking to a possible editor so cross your fingers!); and hoping to work on getting the vote out or some such campaign business while there as we speed toward election day. If you have info for me on where I can volunteer, let me know.
Stay tuned, I’ll be blogging from Albany…with lots of pictures!
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Wish I were going to S.W.Georgia. Do you know about Amaya King? Paul (CB’s brother) was married to her. Very sad. Possible suicide. She and Paul were married in the fifties. He met her in Spain while studying there. She was Spanish and whiter than Snow White. So how did they live in Albany: SIMPLE. She spoke with a Spanish accent so the Crackers just saw her as non-white because she was a “Furriner”. I had the same situation. First of all everyone there assumed I was black as I worked for C. B. and lived in the ghetto. But they didn;t know waht to do about my wife, Wendy, as she was clearly not black. But she wore her hair in pigtails/braids. So the rationalization for us living together was that the brother was living with an “injun”, Remarkable how you can wrap your mind around pure idiocy.
Peter deLissovoy has just published a book on Zimbabwe. Anita, I will forward you the letter from Peter for your use. Also there is a link to an article he wrote while in Albany which is not in our book. There are about 100 copies of our book (stories by Peter, me -Dennis Roberts, Curtis Williams, Randy Battle, called THE GREAT POOL JUMP and you can get info on that book in the site I am about to send you.
love, dennis
Great pix…wonderful story, beautiful photos of your mom. My heart goes out to you to have to sell the house. I go back and visit my old house whenever I’m in Ma. My dad built it back in the 50s. We sold it in the eighties but I always want it back. When I return to the area to visit friends and family, I knock on the door and say hello…it’s been redone and redone but I know every nook and cranny of the place. PB
Thanks, Pam. I will be including a proper good-bye to the little house, the main reason I’m going back; but I know it will be sad and, like you, I’ll want it back. We are blessed with memories…and pictures…
Best wishes, Anita. And great to meet you and Rob the other day at Bon Air.