The South I’ve met

Most of the best stories I’ve heard come forth from the South. The most memorable people I have met, by far, are Southerners.

I’m a Yankee and moved here by way of California.

My youth seemed normal to me even though my father was a very successful television executive, and my stepmother was, aside from Lucille Ball, television’s most successful, awarded comedienne, Mary Tyler Moore.

But here? In the…