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Life in the Later Lane

Life in the Later Lane

Deborah Drysdale: social justice evangelist, bridge instructor, and amateur mixologist

Summers for Deborah Drysdale meant idyllic days at her grandparents’ cattle ranch in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia.  “My friends and I were ecstatically happy playing bridge, my grandmother’s favorite game, after riding farm horses, swimming in the river, and listening to “Oklahoma “and “My Fair Lady” on the record player.” Home was Whitefish ...

She relives history as a guide on the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, one of the WWII Liberty ships that brought troops and cargo to Normandy beaches

Eve Maher stood next to a gangway atop the deck of the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a WWII Liberty ship parked at Pier 35 at Fisherman’s Wharf. A volunteer on the ship, she greeted visitors as they arrived for a special memorial cruise for Armed Services Day on May 18. Petite and stylish, the native of ...

Jose Heriberto Garcia in his Mission Street taqueria. All photos by Colin Campbell.

This Mexican immigrant fought in the ring, started a dozen restaurants, raised five children, and never let defeat wear him down.

When 17-year-old Jose Heriberto Garcia came courting the young girl who’d become his wife, his future mother-in-law was so outraged that she ran him off her property – waving her pistol and shooting at his feet. “I beat it out of there, oh si, senor,” Garcia recalled. “I came back the next day to state ...

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