Just Blackstone Folks by William Clark

The painting Watching Patterson is a painting of a Floyd Patterson figth in the late 50s as told to me by a freind. He told me how his family was the only family for miles around that own a T, V. After a hard day’s work people would vist them just to watch T. V, So many people would come that they would place the T. V. at a opening window so all could see. Not only the weekly fight but the new and local events. If the people that gather in my freind yard could only see today,s version of T.V.with over 200 stations, What in the word would they think .I guess a few of us can recall having onlly 3 station to watch.Each station was off the air by midnight.

The Sat and Fri. night fight was on every weekend along with The Mickey Mouse Show., Amercan Band,The John Daily Show The Lone Ranger and other weeky shows Our first T. V. was a used one with rabbitt ears .You had to move the ears all around to get a clear picture . The tuning and volume knob were small and had to be controlled by hand.(no remote)The picture was black and white and hard to see..We would race home from school to watch T. V.

Grandpa on the proch of a older man relaxing on his porch.Every house just about had a porch on it.The porch was like a additional room. It was a meeting place to greet freind and vistors. It was the wash room to clean laundry. Place to store firewood On the end of a hot day it was the gethering spot. Many tales was told on those old porches.and many pair of pant s torn on those old rusty nails..Those old porches a place to play on a rainy day and the family dog made home. I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. and all your love ones made it home safe. Until next week Blackstone and freinds take care of yourself and each other. May God bless each one of you