Day: May 24, 2008

Scenes from Childhood: Skating on Thin Ice

I wonder how many times I heard the warning: “Ginna, you’re skating on thin ice!” This episode explores the joys of getting into trouble. You’ll hear: John Waters talking about his favorite game of imagination, “Car Accident” A young me threatening to spank a car’s tires, and an older me watching home movies with my parents Jean Ritchie on getting a whipping from her father My grannie remembering her revenge on her governess And o’ […]

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Broken Hearts

Poor Mamma Ginna. She’s had another stroke. She can no longer walk and can barely talk, she’s frail and confused, and she hurts. I asked her daughter-in-law, who visits her each day in the hospital in West Virginia, to send her my love. All Mamma Ginna could do was smile. Looks like she may not make it till August when we’re flying back to visit her. She’s always saying to me, “I wish you lived […]

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