I ran across this quote from Havilah Babcock. If you have not read his books it is worth a trip to the Library. He was an English Professor at USC when I was there and I have always regretted not taking one of his classes.


But whatever its ups and downs, being a boy is something I’d like to try again, especially being a country boy. It ought to be against the law to let a boy grow up in the city. Havilah Babcock, Jaybirds Go to Hell on Friday, 1964.

I did not appreciate it at the time, but now realize I was fortunate to have been a country boy. I suspect most of you on here were too