Act Three/Scene Two of A Complex Apology: All Kids Doing Great SCENE TWO: With both parents happily remaining at home, the Darymple boys prospered. The youngest Darymple won the Fourth of July Essay contest as a Sixth Grader and got … Continue reading
Act Three of A Complex Apology: Back in Utopian Saint Paul SCENE ONE: Fast forward to the late 1980s. You had to figure that the Darymple boys and Joy’s daughters would become expert tobogganists, really good downhill skiiers (right in … Continue reading
Act Two/Scene Two of a Complex Apology: A Police Murder It was after the summer of 1968 that her first Fred joined the Black Panther movement and Joy met folks in the Weather Underground. It was an easy and natural extension … Continue reading
Act Two of A Complex Apology: Joy Before We Knew Her SCENE ONE: Joy had grown-up in the suburbs of Chicago, a child of the 60s. Her dad was the local Methodist minister; her mom a school teacher. Her parents … Continue reading
Act One/Scene Two of A Complex Apology: Organizing the Neighborhood SCENE TWO: Right after moving-in, Joy bought an electric lawn mower and at her first block club party urged the neighbors to borrow it, “Less pollution,” she said. Within the year, … Continue reading