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someone had taken a color picture of Connie Mack it would probably come out in black and white.
Connie Mack had been in his 50’s when that kid Babe Ruth broke in with the Red Sox. He had managed against TV Cobb and against Jackie Robinson. And I realize now that when Connie Mack was a kid like me he had seen old folks who were born in, say, 1770.
I have seen Connie Mack and he saw people who were around before the American Revolution, people who had perhaps seen George Washington. So that means there are only two degrees of separation between G.W. and myself. All of this makes me understand that I am getting older and that this is a very young country indeed.
All about waves: There are sonic waves and tidal waves and finger waves and amber waves of grain. But the most important waves are those that we in Rappahannock give to each other as a way of acknowledging neighbors.
It is the rural equivalent of saying “good morning” to one another on a crowded city street. (This is not a good example since that only happens now in city neighbor
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