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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, some stories about how everyday things are sometimes more meaningful than they seem, and some musings about stuff connected some way or other to my books.

The Black and White of It: Southern Newspapers in the 50s

July 26, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

The first line of my novel Found in Pieces identifies Pearl Goodbar as the new owner and editor of a weekly newspaper, the Unionville Times, in 1958. That responsibility alone would have been challenge enough [...]

Filed Under: Looking on the Good Side

One of Those Days

June 25, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

If you’re under a certain age, you may not understand or appreciate this. But I assure you. Your time will come.

I should have known better after I opened my eyes this morning, saw that the [...]

Filed Under: You Have to See the Humor in It

When Songs Plus Memories Add Up to More

June 12, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

Isn’t it strange how sometimes a series of small seemingly unrelated and not especially meaningful occurrences suddenly get pulled together by some other minor happening so that they add up to something bigger? A new [...]

Filed Under: Memories Are Where You Find Them

Pen, Paper, and Nerve on the Go: More Remarkable Newspaperwomen

May 14, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

There is a scene in my novel Found in Pieces where Pearl Goodbar, the story’s main character, gets to hear two of her journalism role models speak at an event that actually occurred in real [...]

Filed Under: Looking on the Good Side

Some Things Ain’t Funny Till They Are: Driving Then and Now

April 16, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

Did you ever have something happen that made you so hopping mad you needed a good long time to put it into perspective? No? Then maybe you don’t drive, because if you do, I don’t [...]

Filed Under: You Have to See the Humor in It

From Human Rights to Muckraking: More Waymaking Newspaperwomen

March 26, 2021 by George Rollie Adams

Pearl Goodbar, the lead character in my novel Found in Pieces, has guts. And she stands on the shoulders of giants. Readers say what they like most about her are her work ethic, her dogged [...]

Filed Under: Looking on the Good Side

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