Tag Archives: Birmingham AL

Pepper Place Market

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ansel-Head

The people who grow things for eating are a fascinating lot, not in an Ivy League intellectual sense but in a down to earth common sense. Ever since Ansel Head’s introduction to these folks while working as a fruit tester … Continue reading →

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Sloss Furnace Wedding

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Ansel-Head

One afternoon, Ansel Head found himself with nothing to do in Birmingham. This was not uncommon for him. He had left Birmingham many years earlier because his education there was exhausted either from lack of useful content or from his … Continue reading →

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Emory University Hospital.

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Ansel-Head

Ansel Head and his sister took their mother to Emory University Hospital for some heart work; it was necessary because the heart surgeon in Birmingham who did these things had died of a heart attack a few weeks prior.  The hospital … Continue reading →

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New Photo Galleries.

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Ansel-Head

Ansel Head posted two new photo galleries in the “Head’s Photo Gallery” page – one from the Farmers’ Market and the other from the Botanical Gardens, both in Birmingham.

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Miss Ward’s School

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Ansel-Head

Ansel Head’s father’s friend, Mr. Marks, used to say that everybody had gone to school but no one had been “in” school until they had attended Miss Ward’s. Attending all four years of her elementary academy had made Head a … Continue reading →

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The Gathering Storm

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Ansel-Head

The days were growing longer that May of 1954. Ansel Head and his sister were in the back seat of their father’s Super 88 Oldsmobile on the way to join Simple Simon at Howard Johnson’s on the Atlanta Highway; Head’s … Continue reading →

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Three Friends Start Out Together

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Ansel-Head

Miss Ward had done the best she could with Ansel Head. By the time he was nine, her forbearance was exhausted; he would have to move on to another school. Four years was all she could endure any one boy. … Continue reading →

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Three Friends Avoid Exceptionalism

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Ansel-Head

The three friends – Ansel Head, Henry, and Wilbur, all princes from the Tiny Kingdom – started together at the Birmingham University School in the fifth grade, lived as whites in a segregated society, and like most young males regardless … Continue reading →

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First Kiss

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Ansel-Head

“Whatcha doin?” Ansel Head asked his friend Wilbur. They were at Wilbur’s parent’s house at Smyer Lake. Head often spent the weekends with Wilbur and his family; it was much closer to Birmingham than Lake Martin and because it was … Continue reading →

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Baseball

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Ansel-Head

Ansel Head had tried to like baseball but with little in the way of education to be found in it, he soon tired of the game. His curiosity was first peaked after receiving a clock radio. During the school year … Continue reading →

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