Village Life - Part 1
The first in a series of true stories from when times were simpler.
Mrs. Cunningham, or Mrs. C, as she is called, works as a housekeeper for the two priests up at the Parochial House, just outside the village. It is a large white stone house, basically a cube consisting of two floors and a basement. It stands a good bit back from the road, hidden behind orchard trees, barely visible during the fall and winter months. As a boy, I would stand and look at that eerie old house, imagining all...