Category Archives: Memoirs

Granddad Writes of Writing His Memoirs

Posted on May 11, 2021 by bullersbackporch

Working with the manuscript pages and reconstituted scraps of my grandfather’s typewritten memoirs can be challenging. Not only will he repeat stories (sometimes with variations), but there are short fragments scattered throughout the transcription that I hate to leave out. … Continue reading →

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G.M.C. Massey Memoirs — Prelude

Posted on May 7, 2020 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, left a stack of typewritten manuscript pages that he wrote at age 80 about his life. I have been occasionally posting portions of those memoirs over the last 5 years. As I explained early on, that … Continue reading →

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Granddad Philosophizes & Quotes Poetry

Posted on August 30, 2019 by bullersbackporch

G.M.C. Massey, my grandfather, included many personal and philosophical observations in his memoirs as well as stories from his life. Here, he muses philosophically a bit, quoting 2 poets. The opening passage, which he repeated any times in his memoirs, … Continue reading →

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Cotton Trading in 1900s East Texas

Posted on August 16, 2018 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, wrote of his life in rural East Texas circa the early 1900’s. Here he describes buying and selling cotton, speculating on price changes — an early “day trader” of sorts. I had been teaching at Reilly … Continue reading →

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Granddad’s Bad Deal Horse Trade

Posted on May 3, 2018 by bullersbackporch

G.M.C. Massey, my grandfather and our “guest blogger” via his memoirs, wrote of  his early life in rural East Texas at the late 1800’s, a life that include farming and horses trading, subjects he wrote about often. Here he writes … Continue reading →

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An Infatuation (2 versions)

Posted on February 23, 2018 by bullersbackporch

Our guest blogger, my grandfather, G.M.C.Massey wrote multiple versions of some of his stories in the various manuscripts of his memoirs. Here is an instance of 2 versions of the same events — with only one significant variation, leaving the … Continue reading →

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Back Porch in the Rear View, 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by bullersbackporch

The end of the year is awash in people’s lists: 10 Best Movies, Top 10 International News Stories, 12 Stories You Missed, and the like. So why not a list of stories told on the Buller Back Porch this past … Continue reading →

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Granddad Plays the Field

Posted on November 2, 2017 by bullersbackporch

More from G.M.C. Massey, my grandfather, as he writes of adolescence in rural East Texas in the late 1800’s. I remember that while I was going to the Ivanhoe High School that the teacher had a rule that the scholars … Continue reading →

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More Books to Read and Re-read

Posted on November 4, 2015 by bullersbackporch

After my prior posting of comments on books I intend to re-read again, I realized there were several others scattered throughout the house on various bookshelves I had forgotten to mention. So here’s a trio of books that are some … Continue reading →

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“… the doctor said that if I wanted to notify any one I just had a few hours…”

Posted on April 9, 2015 by bullersbackporch

My grandfather, G.M.C. Massey, contributes today’s post: I feel that my family history would not be complete without the storey of our baby boy’s accident that happened just the day before Thanksgiving when he was 14 years old. It was … Continue reading →

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