Mrs. Bias was more generous in sharing her kitchen with Joan and Neil William than my mother was with Miriam and me! One day, Joan invited me over to help her make fudge. I had never made fudge so I knew absolutely nothing about the whole process. But Joan...

Joan played with my sister Miriam and me when we were in grade school in Falls View--tag, softball, bicycling, stamp collecting, dollhouse, etc. But one memory stands out for me, and it concerns the Indian Mound in Falls View. My parents had told me to stay...