By Tom McGowan My birthday falls on December 9. Because I was born at the end of the year, I was always the youngest boy…
Posts published in “Rocking Chair Reflections”
By Charles Davidson Alice would’ve loved this sunny, mild May. From behind her tattered porch screen, the wizened old girl would greet every passerby on…
By Paul Bolster It’s not just my imagination—there are many more neighbors walking, strolling, and admiring each other’s gardens. With school buildings closed, the traffic…
By Tom McGowan He stood 6′ tall and weighed 190 pounds, had a majestic afro of white hair which glowed in the sun like a…
By Tom Welander The city of Atlanta offers steeply discounted swimming pool admission in the form of 10- and 20-visit Splash Cards. The cards can…
By Tom McGowan I played ball for most of my childhood in the Bronx. The first few years I played in Little League. It did…
By Sydney Anebrete Kosse Did you know that there are only two skate parks within the city limits of Atlanta? Atlanta needs more skate parks!…
By Tom McGowan In 1978, Malinda and I moved into Grant Park, a Victorian neighborhood in Atlanta. It had seen better days, but we had…
By Members of St. Paul UMC St. Paul United Methodist Church has been a pillar in the Grant Park neighborhood for more than 110 years.…
By Tom McGowan We didn’t do dogs growing up, at least, not in my family, with six kids and two adults in a two-bedroom apartment.…