CANDLES AND MIRRORS
Some words were never, ever spoken at our house. We never said, “I’m bored.” Our parents never said, “It’s too cold for you to go outside.” The folks stressed the value of exercise in the good old fresh air. As the youngest, most spoiled child, I stressed the value of hunkering down with a good book and dreaming of becoming a famous writer.Delmer had other dreams and for a ti...