Month: December 2016

South Mountain Test

My brother Carl had a foolproof test of a car’s worth. If the car could climb to the top of South Mountain without shifting into second gear, it was a keeper. He challenged our father to the contest. Carl’s ’38 Ford easily passed the test, but our father’s old clunker was known to require low gear to reach the summit.…

Barns and Birth

“Were you born in a barn?” We’ve all heard that phrase and have possibly even said it. And no, I wasn’t born in a barn, but I grew up in one! We had the classic red and white barn growing up. It had the Xs on the doors. The red barn had a ladder built on the front that would…

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