Category Archives: Clothing styles

A Boy and His Plaid

What can I say about a young man and his plaid pleasure?! Perhaps it is because I dressed Michael in plaid when he was a baby! Perhaps it is because his Dad, Grandpa and three uncles all have worn plaid … Continue reading

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Civil War Soldier…150 Years Later

This Georgia girl grew up hearing the horrors of Sherman’s March across Georgia. My great great grandfather, Washington T. Driskell, had died in the Kingston Confederate Hospital. My great great grandmother, Adeline Hinson Driskell was terrified of the Union soldiers. … Continue reading

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Freshman Dinner

The year: 1967 My age: 18 Place: Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama Occasion: Freshman Dinner Never had I been to a formal dinner. And never had I worn a formal! But in the big black trunk…carefully packed in layers of tissue … Continue reading

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