the Peachoid
The Peachoid One of the great things about my home town of Gaffney, SC, is the Peachoid, a one-million gallon water tower in the shape of a peach. I took this picture at my high school reunion in 2004....
View ArticleThe nuclear plant that welcomed Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Gaffney cooling tower -- NYTimes U.S. 29 Journal: More on Gaffney. All right, my home town is famous for more than just the world’s largest water tower in the shape of a peach. It’s also the home of...
View ArticleVassy family reunion
June 14th, 2009 in Beaverdam community, Cherokee Co., South Carolina. I’m a Vassy on my mother’s side. This was the first time I had been to one in years. Visiting, singing old hymns, food — ham,...
View ArticleWilliam Henry Glasson Wheeler, RIP
This is what happens when you scan a half-tone, alas An old high school friend of mine died last week after a battle with lung cancer. We had drifted apart after our college years and I hadn’t seen him...
View ArticleMy home town makes the N.Y. Times
The Peachoid Li’l Gaffney, SC, my home town, has unexpectedly found itself in the thick of the Republican primaries. Opponents of Mitt Romney are focusing on the closure of a photo scrapbook factory in...
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