The brain is not a post office with little slots holding discrete mail for separate deliveries.
In the folder of personal letters that George has shared with me, the majority of correspondences are either from Hunter S. Thompson or Cynthia Oliver, also known as “Ed” or “Eddie.”
For a couple of years Eddie hung out with Doug, [...]

My husband JP and I threw our daughter Ruby Zypora a party in the park for her first birthday last Friday. We invited a slew of people – some we work with, many we know from the neighborhood. George’s brother Michael arrived with his omniscient smile, professorial beard and garb, and a six pack of [...]

My husband, daughter Ruby and I were invited to George and Patti’s home for dinner the other night. Jay, who is developing George’s personal website, and Jay’s long-time partner Maggie were invited too. Visiting from their home in Rockford, Illinois, Jay and Maggie were staying in the guest house near the barn, about a mile [...]

About town, George is best known, and most loved, for his storytelling. One of my favorite stories so far is one he related during our conversation in June, after his remark about the Civil War and its failure to abolish slavery.

GSS:  Let’s imagine toady’s  black experience, I’m a black in the South, and I didn’t [...]