The Legacy My Grandmother Left Me Regarding Time
What My Grandmother Taught Me About Time, and Why It Still Shapes Me
William F. Spivey's History Channel
Most of my stories invariably return to history, a different perspective, and always in context. A recent story about the Red Summer of 1919 also described 1918-1923. You'll get some politics, education, and race, but history is what I always return to.
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