Jean McGavin Stories
Potato Gun
One summer when my son was about 14, he had a couple of friends staying with us from overseas - Jaso . . .
Pretzels and Ice Cream
I am already getting hungry just thinking about writing this. My parents both grew up in Pennsylvani . . .
Royals Versus Mets 2015
Royals Versus Mets 2015 …. watching the world series. First game. I know, it’s crazy. I never wa . . .
Shopping For Eggs
It is Spring 2013. I live in the country. There are country smells here. My own house sits between a . . .
Thomas A. McGavin
A love letter to my father, Thomas A. McGavin, 1919-2008, on the day of the McGavin Family Reunion i . . .
Viet Nam War Era
I have four brothers. In 1968 that was a desperate situation. The Viet Nam War was raging and the dr . . .
Women's History
Debutante circa 1970 Girls bake cookies, boys build furniture. That was the way of things in my home . . .
Women's Rights and a Paper Route
It was 1965, I was 11 or 12. I had 2 older brothers who had saved a lot of money delivering papers a . . .
Experience of a Lifetime: Kirkland College
I went to a wonderful college in upstate New York. It was the sister school to a very prestigious me . . .
Winter Study At Kirkland
I was a big fan of Winter Study at Kirkland. I transferred to Kirkland after my freshman year so I w . . .
Battle of the Oranges
Carnival, Karneval, Mardi Gras, or Martedi Grasso. Whether you are in Rio, Quebec, Marseille, Binche . . .
Belleview Forest
In the late fifties, before there were cell phones or computers or color TVs, I lived on a lovely cu . . .
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