The rural South of my birth and early childhood was a world of two centuries. It had 20th century automobiles, although most of its roads were unpaved. There were airplanes, but I only remember seeing one until World War II made them common with a bomber crew training field in Vidalia.
Back then: Living in the old and new
On Aging
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