“Gypsies & More…“ by Rena Mae (Lents) Thomas (1940-2021) This is a follow up of an earlier article on Gypsies. Joies and Broadway families- When I first heard about there being gypsies buried in Salem Cemetery, the Queen and King of the Gypsies, no less, I just had to see for myself. One nice day
“THE LAST GOODBYE“ by John Brewer Gibson (1907-1983) Our youngest son, a powerful, quiet, twenty-four-year old, and his pretty, pleasingly plump little wife smiled up at me as, in the gloaming, I rolled my tractor and ponderous wagon carefully through their barnyard gate. “See you tomorrow afternoon,” I called above the tractor’s roar. “Good-bye, now!”
“RAIN“ by John Brewer Gibson (1907-1983) When Sol arose to light the day, His rays from us were hidden; A moving canopy of gray Had come to us unbidden. As day advanced, the clouds did scud, And rain began descending Until by noon the full-grown flood Gave sign of no short ending. The afternoon wears