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It Happened Like This & Other Stuff

It Happened Like This & Other Stuff

Welcome to my blog. Here are some true tales about growing up Southern and some stories about how everyday things are sometimes more meaningful than they seem.

Why Remember Hate

April 30, 2022 by George Rollie Adams

Does the tremendous amount of hatred over the course of human history and across the world today ever become personally overwhelming even when it’s not aimed at you? And then you wonder anew—because you’ve thought [...]

Filed Under: Memories Are Where You Find Them

The Necessity of Knowing Both Past and Present

March 27, 2022 by George Rollie Adams

This past week, as I tried to carve out time to work on my next novel while also following the crisis in Ukraine and the Senate hearings on the new Supreme Court nominee, I was [...]

Filed Under: Memories Are Where You Find Them

Black Soldiers in WWI: Underappreciated Then and Long After

February 27, 2022 by George Rollie Adams

One of the important supporting characters in a new novel I expect to publish in the fall is a Black veteran of World War I. He got me to wondering how much, or how little, [...]

Filed Under: Looking on the Good Side

Is This Nineteen Twenty-Two?

January 29, 2022 by George Rollie Adams

What year in America does the following describe, 2022 or 1922? Loved ones gone in a pandemic; racial violence plaguing towns and cities; veterans home from war but still suffering the effects of battle; careless [...]

Filed Under: Memories Are Where You Find Them

Christmas in a Small Town: Connected Experiences and Memories

December 11, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

If you were to ask your family and friends, or perfect strangers, what’s the best thing about the Christmas season, what would they say? Being with loved ones? Lights and decorations? Santa Claus? Christmas dinner? [...]

Filed Under: Memories Are Where You Find Them

Watermelons Again, but Don’t Tell St. Peter

November 22, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

Looking back can be fraught with peril. Among other things, it can make you tell stuff you ought to leave lying where it is. A few weeks back, after a visit with relatives I hadn’t [...]

Filed Under: You Have to See the Humor in It

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