McCracken Poston Jr

Can a person with autism fall in love? Of course, but like in any other relationship, there are challenges. As one of the few people to read all of Virginia's thirty-one-year journal, and with talking to Alvin for over the past twenty-six years, I can attest to a deep and abiding…

Every autistic person is different, but some of the more common characteristics include:
- Difficulties with high-level language skills such as verbal reasoning, problem solving, making inferences and predictions;
- Problems with understanding another person’s point of view;
-…

Perseverative thoughts, also called "Looping", can happen in autism because a person is trying to manage stress, process information, or can't stop thinking about certain things. It is not conscious or on purpose. - http://www.autismawarenesscentre.com .This explains so much to me, looking…

Bookstore managers in Southeast Coastal Georgia are telling me this Northwest Georgia story is doing well!

The great AJC reporter Jack Warner reported, "Ben McGaha, more commonly known as 'Salesman Sam,' a grungy, grey-bearded character who sells shoes and advertising from a bicycle and said he had become Ridley's advisor. 'Anything anybody tells me, I remember it,' he said, his eyes…

Stealing The General by Russell S. Bonds
This is a great book about something that touched Northwest Georgia, and put Ringgold on the map (and but for a little more fuel, Graysville would have been more famous). It was the inspiration for movies by…

The Constitution, I always thought, is like the old game rules printed on the inside of the lid of the box. It sets out the rules and the powers and rights of the players. While I enjoyed the subject at law school in Athens, the sincerity of this convincing client made me…

As much as Alvin enjoys signing books and making book appearances, I always try to remember that he is now 82. For years, my secretary Carlene and I have taken him to the VA Clinic regularly, and hospitals as needed, and he has received excellent care.
As you would any loved one,…

Having some fun, but the sentiment is real. This does remind me of the "circus train" feeling I wrote about when we three walked through town in the late 1990's. Thank you all, and please keep telling your friends, family, and perfect strangers about this Ringgold story of…

A book about a Ringgold High grad (‘60) by another Ringgold High grad (‘78) makes Variety magazine? What’s the world coming to? Things are starting to get interesting!
Thank you, CrimeCom, for making this book a Finalist for Book of the Year.