…illegal, the ingestion of ethyl alcohol took on a glamorous, naughty implication. The roaring 20s were about to begin. My mother Abigail often recalled that during her pregnancy with me, the smell of distilling moonshine and bathtub gin hung like a rowdy…

…special night. Dressed blue uniforms, white gloves, long gowns, entwined at the reed, mannish shingle bobs. The flirtatious but virtuous Abigail Boyle accounts was the most beautiful woman on the post. Jet black hair, milky soft white skin. curvy Gibson Girl…

…his army blue jacket with the two silver bars, black shoes, his black silk socks, his white BVDs, lay down next to Abigail, and initiated the prim fertilization ritual typical of his generation. Now the voyage begins. And the prayer continues. The Lord is…