Tag Archives: Lois Richmond

My Mother: Part 3 – Surviving Hurricane Hazel (With Emphasis on “Trees”!)

Posted on March 25, 2014 by merlinjr01

Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest and costliest hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before striking the United States near the border between North and South Carolina, as a Category … Continue reading →

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The Day My Mother Burned Down the Tractor Shed

Posted on March 3, 2014 by merlinjr01

My Mother Part 2 – Fire, Fish Ducks, and Grits As mentioned before (Mother – Part 1), my folks had a chicken house with several hundred laying hens. Lois tended the chickens daily and collected the eggs. This event begins … Continue reading →

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My Mother: Florence Lois Rice Richmond (or How I Learned to Cuss)

Posted on February 25, 2014 by merlinjr01

Part 1 – The Early Farm Years, or How I learned to Cuss Introduction – This is the first of a series of essays about my mother, a major influence in my life. This series, which will be added to … Continue reading →

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