Pat Gillum

My blogs

Gender	Male
Occupation	Retired Biology Teacher
Location	Arkadelphia, Arkansas, United States
Introduction	Email: barbandpat66@suddenlink.net This is a continuing story, starting before my time, when my Grandfather's family arrived in Fourche Valley in 1898,and follows my growing up in Wing. During our productive years,(work and children) my wife, Barbara, and I bought up rental property. We currently have 18 front doors: apartments, houses, duplexes. This enabled us to retire at 49 and 54, and see the world. We love to go. We travel the world alone, on a very thin shoestring. I carry the bags, she is the brains that gets us there and back again. We fly on bonus flyer miles, saved up on our credit card. While we are at home, building up miles, I like to catfish, hang out with my children and grandchildren, and tell Barbara how pretty she is. Two years ago, I set out to write a book, "The Gillums were not like other people," and in this project I discovered my love for writing. I have written several other short stories since. This blog is taken from my book, which is 93 pages of stories about my family and my life growing up at Wing. You can take a boy out of the hills, but I am forever a hillbilly.
Interests	Fishing, Wildlife Photography, Travel, Long walks in the woods to recharge, Reading, Writing.