When mom left dad for good during the spring of 1971, we literally fled to Louisa County, Virginia, where I had been born ten years earlier. The year 1971 was…

This is my second attempt at this letter. The first draft I took down because it lost its point. This is why I should never publish first drafts of anything…

Dear James, You love letters.  I do not know why you love letters.  But you do.  One day you will realize that those 26 foam letters that you love to…