Father

7 Sep 2010

My Father’s Lessons

by Margot Fortunato Galt | posted in: Father, Childhood, Growing up in the South, History, Race | 2

My father, the classroom professional, instructed us in manners, in American presidents, in Southern secession (after he, the boy from Pittsburgh, learned it himself). He also tried to teach us an ancient, musical, time-keeping method which I pull from memory … Continued

5 Sep 2010

What My Parents Salvaged

by Margot Fortunato Galt | posted in: Mother, Father, Childhood | 2

Often the items we save from the past have become icons; meaning had streamed into them. So I have brought from South Carolina my parents’ photos from BB. “before babies” as my mother used to say. My father, Leonard Henry … Continued

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