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About me - Edward Malone

I am a proud father of four adult daughters and a grandfather and a great-grandfather to be. I have been blessed with seventeen grand children. I served in the United States Air Force for 17 years,left with a disability in 1987.

While in the Air Force, I travelled

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: First car memories: 15 of 56

I purchased my first car when I was twenty years old. It was a Gray 1966 4 door Chevy Impala. It had a V8 327 cubic inch motor with a two barrel carburetor. The car also had air conditioning and AM radio. I was a young sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Santa Barbara County in California. I bought the car in Octobe...
Education > Teachers & Administrators Teacher tributes: 4 of 12

I can remember all of my teachers from the first grade to the twelfth grade. My mother introduced me to Mrs Anabel Reagan, when she enrolled me in the first grade at Brantley Elementary in Selma, Alabama in 1957. Mrs Reagan was a quiet teacher with a caring personality. I got my excellent reading skills from her. Mrs Sadie B...
Creative Writing > Memoirs My most humorous gardening (mis)adventure: 36 of 74

Growing up on our farm in the 1960's was an adventure. There were seven siblings in my family, two boys and five girls. Every year we planted several gardens. In 1958, when I was seven years old, our mother encouraged us to learn how to grow and cultivate the best gardens. Everyone always thought of me as being the most mann...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Grandparenting Should grandparents have rights of contact with grandchildren: 4 of 7

At age 30, I became a grandfather. My youngest daughter at that time, gave birth to a girl. I was divorced and my ex-wife had custody of our two daughters. The girls were the only children from that marriage. When I was married, I did not in my wildest dreams thought I would be a grandfather at such a young age. I was in a s...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Growing up gardening: My most amazing gardening memory: 52 of 66

In March 1965 I celebrated my 15th birthday by planting a melon garden. It was a watermelon garden to be exact. I grew up on our farm in Dallas County Alabama outside of the city limits of Selma. This garden was very special to me because I didn't think it would amount much to anything. The reason I thought so negatively was...