Henry,
The details may be fuzzy, but this is how I remember Mrs. Turley's boarding house:
Looking for living quarters on our first visit to UT Medical School in
Memphis, Will Meriwether and I decided to be roommates. There were no
UT dormitory rooms available, but across the street from the main campus
Mrs. Turley took in boarders. She wasn't "pickey" in her roomers, and
we found a good 2nd floor room, and could eat our meals in her house
next door. The food was OK, but it was so hot in Memphis in July, that
whenever Mrs. Turley chatted with us at dinner, she dripped sweat into
all our victuals. We did learn how to set rat traps in our closet, and
caught a rat or a mouse at least 3-4 nights a week. However, they
kept getting smaller, until we ran out of the varmints. The "cheesy"
hotel next door gave us great window views on the art of love-making, if
we only had the time. After 2-3 months we settled for a real UT
college dormitory room with a study. We missed the old "clientele".
Love,
Dad
Henry --- I never eat mashed potatoes now
without it bringing back memories of Mrs. Turley serving us, family style, at
her dining table with her sweat dripping into the dish. Will
Meriwether
3 comments:
Henry -- The college dormitory was a real step-up from Mrs. Turley's boarding house. It overlooked the campus grounds where we would meet military formation each morning before the medical lectures started as we were all privates in the army. The problem was to get your Dad up and to the formation each morning. He was just not a morning person. It was a real pain. I wonder if your mother had the same problem. Will Meriwether
I only remember Dad's being an early riser. But he was always solitary until the sun was well up.
Hehe... wonder if the beach mornings changed anything.
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