Dean Atkinson is a serious man. He started being serious very young. Born into a military family, his father was an alcoholic who drank up the family’s money. Dean began working at eight years of age. “I collected newspaper subscriptions at the naval air station where we lived, it was $20.00 a week. That allowed [...]
At 75, Mary Midgett aka Midgett, is ebulliently, happily and wildly in love. “I’ve been in love for a little over a week and I’m not sure if I’m on the planet right now! We have 97% of things in common,” said Midgett. “She has the look. She’s just so cute and handsome, and I’ve [...]
An early riser all his life, Ted Lyles is usually up by six in the morning. Then he makes his coffee and calls his 96-year old mother in Natchitoches, Louisiana for their daily chat. “It was great when they changed all the phone service rates” he told me, “it meant I could spend a little [...]
Born into an Irish-Italian catholic family in Brooklyn, NY, Patty Woods, 67, is still working and having a good time. Although she only has one sister, Patty grew up with many cousins. “Luckily,” she said, “we grew up with the Italian side that meant lots of laughter and since my mother had eight sisters and [...]
