Tales 2 Tell

Is there a dividing line between family, friends, and fellow homo sapiens, or are we bound in a web of relationships with all who share this planet? How do we develop our sense of community and family, what do we inherit from our ancestors and how do we transmit what they taught us to those who follow in our footsteps? Where do memories come from, where do they go? In these pages, John "Tinker" Williamson continues to address these questions using the honored medium of the story. As you read, you may feel yourself relating to the words as if sitting around the campfire where the oral tradition of the story began. Feel the heat of the fire reflected in the warmth of words written from the heart. Stories of immigrants who came thru Ellis Island or walked across the border, descriptions of places from Virginia's Eastern Shore to Costa Rica to California. In these pages, memories of people doing their loving best to share good fortunes and adjust to bad are arrayed as testimony and food for reflection. This book is a companion to Tinker's Tales (2018) and includes several stories written for grandkids. If you have one, I especially recommend Surprises from Under the Bridge.

Is there a dividing line between family, friends, and fellow homo sapiens, or are we bound in a web of relationships with all who share this planet? How do we develop our sense of community and family, what do we inherit from our ancestors and how do we transmit what they taught us to those who follow in our footsteps? Where do memories come from, where do they go? In these pages, John "Tinker" Williamson continues to address these questions using the honored medium of the story. As you read, you may feel yourself relating to the words as if sitting around the campfire where the oral tradition of the story began. Feel the heat of the fire reflected in the warmth of words written from the heart. Stories of immigrants who came thru Ellis Island or walked across the border, descriptions of places from Virginia's Eastern Shore to Costa Rica to California. In these pages, memories of people doing their loving best to share good fortunes and adjust to bad are arrayed as testimony and food for reflection. These stories are personal, but the messages contained are universal. Friendship and family should not be taken for granted, but rather celebrated. Life is short but the journey is fascinating. There is something good in almost everyone (i'd say "everyone" but I haven't met them all.) This book is a companion to Tinker's Tales (2018) and includes several stories written for grandkids. If you have one, I especially recommend Surprises from Under the Bridge.

John "Tinker" Williamson was born shortly after the beginning of the Great Depression in a small town in the same prominent state that provided the new President that year. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he took a job in the Nation's Capital. He enjoyed the rising economic tide of the 1950s when affluence was widespread and the American dream included a family with kids, a great job and a safe life, often in the suburbs. Or so it seemed. When the new Century came, and his responsibilities to family, company and community were no longer consuming, he wrote these reflections of what it was like to grow up in Rockwellian America during the lean years and the war years.