The Escalator Adventures
Carolyn was two and a half years old when she, Mother and Dad went to the Kaufman’s Department Store in Pittsburgh to go shopping. The ten-story building loomed over her at the intersection of Fifth […]
First Playmates
Carolyn’s childhood was filled with change. From birth to age twelve she moved nine times from Pittsburgh, PA to between Charleston, WV and Huntington, WV, living in nine different houses. This was challenging for Carolyn, […]
Summers on the Farm with Grandmother and Granddaddy Brown
In 1933, Mother and Dad went to the Chicago World’s Fair for a few days. It was the first time they left Carolyn alone with Grandmother and Granddaddy Brown at the farm. A visit to […]
The Broken Arm
It was August of 1936, a month before Carolyn was to start school. The air was cool against her cheeks, and the ground was wet after a big rain. Following the storm Carolyn asked to […]
Summer 1940 – Across the Country
Automobile trip to the San Fransisco World’s Fair. Sacremento, Salt Lake City, Yellowstone NP, Teton Mountains, Cheyenne Wyoming Rodeo, Nebraska, Rt 80 Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Grandmother’s farm of course, to Charleston, WV. We went out […]
Meeting Bill Giles – Fall 1950*
I met Bill Giles for the very first time on a fall weekend at a dance and mixer at Hodge’s Hall – the men’s dormitory at Marshall College. The mixer was for their freshman residents […]
Back at Home – Life After Marshall*
When I graduated from Marshall I wanted to move to Charleston, WV and get an apartment and a job and see what I wanted to do with my life. I had had enough of schooling […]
Finally . . . On My Own – Northwestern University 1955-1962
The whole winter in Parkersburg, before I went to Northwestern, I did a lot of research and writing, trying to figure out how I was going to pay for my Master’s Degree. I figured out […]
The Path to my PhD in Theatre – Northwestern 1958-1959
I don’t see this much as a story. What I did was, after I got my master’s degree, I immediately took courses in stage costuming and acting so that I would get my PhD in […]
Summer & Smoke
Alma – Lead Role Spring 1964 “Tennessee Williams is one of my favorite authors & playwrights and Summer and Smoke was one of my favorites. It is my favorite acting role. I played Alma twice […]