Tag: humor
The Cauldron No. 2
Second in the series titled “The Cauldron” – the circa 1930’s and 1940’s musings of Nelson Douglass Jr. aka Granville Douglass. Enjoy his views and insights of yesteryear, laced with humor, honesty, and sincerity.
Nelson Douglass Jr. was my paternal Grandfather. A man I never met on the physical plane but know intimately through the wealth of writing, notes and stories he left. I am working on a book about a small segment of his life, which you can read about on my website dedicated to this work. (more…)
The Cauldron No. 1
This “newspaper column” was typed out in six separate segments over an unknown period of time by my grandfather Nelson Douglass Jr. , circa 1939 & 1940’s. Copies of the originals are part of the literary legacy that he left behind. The title and byline are taken directly from the copies I have in my possession. There has been no editing of the material beyond its being transcribed to this (digital) format. He, like all of those of our families that have gone before us – are still with us. Let us remember them; Without them, we would not be. (more…)