[LEMONS] 11.28.2001
The Tollivers are friends of my mother's. She had met Mose years ago, but became good friends with Johnny, Mose's son, through the church. I met Johnny for the first time when he brought some food over to my mother's house when Harp and I were there for a visit. But when I went home to help my Mom take care of my grandmother, I met Johnny's wife, Victorine, who was also taking care of her. Victorine was quite literally a Godsend. She could get my grandmother to smile when nobody else could. She had unlimited patience, and was there for both my mother and grandmother as an emotional bulwark during my grandmother's last days. She wrote a poem about Granny's smile that we read at her funeral. She really was amazing. But her father-in-law, Johnny's dad, Mose also happens too be a fairly well-known folk artist. Before I left I promised Johnny I'd put up a website for Mose to help him sell his paintings. i'm planning on doing so next month while I'm unemployed. (If anyone wants to help, drop me a line. i'm teaching myself Flash, but I could definitely use some help.). In any case, if you aren't familiar with him, here's Mose Tolliver (thanks Mom)
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