During the Cold War era following World War II, I was busy growing up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee—a “secret city” constructed by the federal government wholly and specifically to help develop and produce the world’s first atomic weapon. But as a five-year-old boy in 1957, my duties consisted only of attending school during the weekContinue reading “Living in the Shadow of the Nuclear Warhead – A ‘Glow in the Dark’ Memoir”
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‘Little Suzi’ and the New Town
Once upon a time long, long ago—in the 1960’s—a little girl named Suzi and her mother lived with her Granny and Granddaddy in a comfortable, but small, house on the west end of town. Little Suzi had lived with her grandparents for as long as she could remember and had no reason to think sheContinue reading “‘Little Suzi’ and the New Town”
‘Little Suzi’ and the Bear’s Picnic
Photo by Phil Nickell Once upon a time long, long ago—in the 1960’s—a little girl named Suzi, her mother Wilma, and her grandparents decided to go for a Sunday afternoon picnic in the mountains of East Tennessee. It was late summer in the city near the mountains where Suzi’s grandparents lived in a small, squareContinue reading “‘Little Suzi’ and the Bear’s Picnic”
‘Little Suzi’ and the ‘Noculation
Once upon a time long, long ago—in the 1960’s—a little girl named Suzi traveled downtown to see her doctor with her mommy, Wilma. For this visit, they did not travel the several city blocks there on a bus or in a cab, as they usually did. Instead, they rode in a car that Suzi’s mommyContinue reading “‘Little Suzi’ and the ‘Noculation”
