Jean McGavin Stories

Debutante circa 1970 Girls bake cookies, boys build furniture. That was the way of things in my home . . .

A love letter to my father, Thomas A. McGavin, 1919-2008, on the day of the McGavin Family Reunion i . . .

It is Spring 2013. I live in the country. There are country smells here. My own house sits between a . . .

Royals Versus Mets 2015 …. watching the world series. First game. I know, it’s crazy. I never wa . . .

I am already getting hungry just thinking about writing this. My parents both grew up in Pennsylvani . . .

One summer when my son was about 14, he had a couple of friends staying with us from overseas - Jaso . . .

September 12, 2013 Today, at a ceremony, in Waterbury, CT. a former slave by the name of Fortune wil . . .

I spent most of my Virginia summer days at the Country Club. I went to swim team practice in the mor . . .

The following story is told with not a small amount of shame. I ask the forgiveness of the reader fo . . .

I was a big fan of Winter Study at Kirkland. I transferred to Kirkland after my freshman year so I w . . .

I don’t remember my first day of school in Virginia. I attended a kindergarten in a church, Mt. Ol . . .

Carnival, Karneval, Mardi Gras, or Martedi Grasso. Whether you are in Rio, Quebec, Marseille, Binche . . .