All Comments on 'A Precious Slice of August'

And it sounds very personal.

What a lovely deft touch. Well done.

My wife passed away seven years ago. About a year after her death, I dated a lovely lady born in the 1980s. (I'm closer to your age, trigudis.) She and I aren't together any more -- but I still have her "top ten" list of favorite Twilight Zone episodes! Thanks for a sweet story, as always!

The romance in the story didn't happen to me but the background is based on fact. In 1963, whites were stampeding out of certain neighborhoods as blacks moved in. Also, an amusement park that had been picketed for years to integrate finally did on August 28, 1963, the day MLK gave his I Have A Dream Speech. If only I had had the kind of success that Troy enjoyed at that drive-in.

The Future's So Bright You Gotta Wear Shades? :+))

Thanks for the memories!

Nothing like your experience here ever happened to me, but the morality and the mind set of the young people does sound very familiar to someone about half a generation older than you. I, too lost partners late in life and tried to find new loves. I had some success, but it never seemed quite right. I do enjoy reading your versions of those days. 5*