Birdman Of Walker Way

“Mommy, who is that guy that looks like Santa Claus and is always standing under his tree putting seeds in those green things?   Honey, that’s the ‘Birdman of Walker Way’  I read about him on the internet. He’s always posting pictures of his hobby on Facebook. Oh so that’s Mr. Lalley? No, Honey, Mr. Lalley’s…

Let’s Tie One On

In the summer of 1965, one of my jobs at Cotton & Company grain elevator in  Volga was to stuff 100 pounds of fluffy oat hulls into burlap bags..stitch them shut with a huge suspended sewing machine..stack them up five high on a wooden cart and wheel them into the warehouse.  Next to scooping out moldy…