Lagniappe

Demics – En, Epi, and Pan

(Originally published by Nevada Humanities, www.nevadahumanities.org, on July 12, 2021.) Each evening as I sit at the kitchen table my view is of the Virginia Range. For 26 years I have watched the light and shadows on the ridges and gullies of the Virginias sharpen,...

The Sun Setting on the Virginia Range

Each evening as I sit at the kitchen table my view is of the Virginia Range. For 26 years I have watched the light and shadows on the ridges and gullies of the Virginias sharpen, soften, then fade into darkness and change with the seasons. The scene has always been...

Good Southern Boys

I was born at home (361 Front Street) 12/28/1931.  My mother was no longer employed as the school district would not employ married women as teachers.  My father was not employed as the anthracite coal industry on which much of Pottsville’s economy depended was in...

Little Arthur

I was going to a different school in a different part of Pottsville for the 6th grade.  The direct route to school passed down Minersville St., the “colored” part of town. Most residents avoided walking down or even across Minersville St., particularly in the...