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A Wanna-Be Hell’s Angel
No one in Ansel Head’s household rode motorcycles. Whenever the subject came up, Head’s mother would point to her adopted cousin, Delma, who was walking around on a wooden leg, his real one having been lost in a motorcycle accident … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years, Head's McCallie Years, Head's Navy Years, Head's Restaurant Years
Tagged Harley Davidson, key West, McCallie School, memorial Bridge, Moby Dick, motorcycle, Ms. Wolfe, Naval Air Station, Navy, Presbyterian, Rolling Thunder, Trikes
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The Way, The Truth, And The Light
When he was six or seven, Ansel Head remembers there being a lull in his church centered education. For some reason, he stopped attending Canterbury Methodist. Maybe the family was on the losing side of the merger with the bigger … Continue reading
2012 In Pictures
Ansel Head had heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. Hoping to spare his friends and family the embarrassment of pretending to read the thousands of words he would need to tell of his education in 2012, he … Continue reading
The Angel Of Death
Ansel Head’s mother died in her bed on her ninety-second birthday. Her daughter, nieces, and the sweetest two ladies on earth were present at the end. Head was on his way, once again driving down I-81 at 80 in his … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Restaurant Years
Tagged Andy, Father, Funeral, Grandfather, Hospital, I-81, Koch, McCallie, Mother, W&L
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“Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep”
As is the Southern tradition, Ansel Head’s religious education started early. He faintly remembers attending the Mountain Brook Methodist Church in the heart of Crestline Village in the center of the Tiny Kingdom. That building, now sporting a reddish-purple paint, is used … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Early Years
Tagged Birmingham, Canterbury Methodist Church, Ghosts, Prayer, Religion, Six Shooter, Tiny Kingdom
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Costume Courses
Halloween is for kids unless adults prohibit their joining in on the fall ritual for religious or nutritional purposes. It’s not just the candy, even though that is a great treat for those who participate. It’s the fun of dressing … Continue reading
Up On The Roof
Ansel Head had been on many roofs when he was running his grandfather’s real estate company in Birmingham. They were flat ones, built up over the wooden decking with coal tar felt, hot pitch, and gravel. Climbing the ladders to … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Restaurant Years
Tagged Birmingham, Coal Tar Roof, Miners, Navy Pilot, Pitched Roof, Roofers
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The Restless Wind
In his ninth or tenth year, Ansel Head wasn’t sent back to the mountains of North Carolina for a third summer at Camp Mondamin. Instead his family toured the West for three weeks in a Mercury station wagon. Trunks covered … Continue reading
Ansel Larry Is Dead
Watching his friend Ansel Larry die was a hard lesson. But even for the uninterested Head, an education in death was a required course for his education. In a short span, he had been forced to study at close hand his brother’s death, … Continue reading
Fly Navy
W&L for all of its tradition and revelry offered no practical education. Professors had taught only theory and mostly uninteresting theory at that. With Vietnam awaiting anyone who quit the dull game, frat boy Ansel Head had focused on perfecting … Continue reading
Posted in Ansel Head's Education, Head's Navy Years
Tagged Natural Bridge, Navy, Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, Washington & Lee
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