Nobody had A/C when I was a kid. Except maybe the movie theatres or the hospitals. We didn't even have a fan. We just had to tough it out.

Pattie, you must have had a sixth sense yesterday when you asked about the wind. After I said what I did, a couple of hours later, the wind kicked up and still going on today. Not as bad so far, but still enough.

I don't ever remember missing school. I remember being excited when it started because I got new clothes and shoes and sometimes mom would cut my hair and give me a perm. It was called Tonette for little girls. Tony was for adults.