Buckhead Lifestyle

I guess I was part of what they called the Baby Boom. After World War II all the soldiers and

During my childhood years in Buckhead in the 1950s and 60s the crown jewel of our adventures in the natural

My childhood summers in Buckhead can best be summed up in one word: yardwork. My dad believed deeply in the

1958 was a long time ago. That’s more than 60 trips around Mr. Sun. I was in 2nd grade at

Anyone who knew my mother knew she liked to arrive early, especially if food was involved. If a restaurant offered

As a child I always hated shopping for clothes. I still do. Back in the late 1950s and throughout the

We knew her simply as the Leaf Lady. Not sure who gave her that name but that is what everyone

In days of old, in a time before video games or the internet, a strange phenomenon existed. Lost now to

“I was crazy when it meant something. Now, everybody is crazy.” That was what Charles Manson told us, and he

I can’t remember the last time I danced, but I sure do remember the first time. In 1962 I was

The weather was perfect on the morning of Saturday, March 23, 2019. Birds sang in the flowering trees and children

At the tender age of five I entered public school and was dutifully enrolled in kindergarten. For the next eight

Dear Reader, I don’t know how to write this story. I’ve been trying for 2 months but I just start

I remember the first time I saw a television program. It was 1955 and my brother and sister were staring

Growing up in a middle-class area of Buckhead I never had a handle on my family’s finances. We didn’t have