Joe Waller, Rob Waller, Graham Waller, Bill Waller, Donald Waller, ca. 1980.
Bill, fourth from the left, is my father. Joe, Graham, and Donald are my uncles. Collectively, they were known as “the Waller boys.” There were a number of other Waller boys in town, but these four, along with their brother Maurice, who died in 1952, were the.
Rob is their first cousin.
The snapshot was taken at the Fentress United Methodist Church homecoming, ca. 1980. That was the last time they were all together.
Vida Woodward Waller (my grandmother) & Jessie Waller, ca. 1910
Frank Waller (Dad), ca. 1952Billie Waller, ca. 1920Billie Waller, ca. 1943, while stationed in Scotland
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
— Langston Hughes, 1951
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Langston Hughes, 1936, by Carl Van Vechten. Public domain.
First task: insert images, one from WordPress free photo library and one from my computer.
Two Cats
Photo by kendra coupland on Pexels.comPhoto by kathy waller
Second task: Insert a gallery
More cats
Gallery of cats
Third task: Resize and align an image
One Tee-shirt
Resized and aligned center
Fourth task: insert verse
William Bit Me
William bit me at the vet,
Didn't like the aide's assistance,
Used his claws and fangs to set
On the path of most resistance.
Say I'm teary, say I'm mad,
Say that pills and needles hit me,
Say my arm's inflamed, and add,
William bit me.
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Kathy Waller 