Ferry Hill

By Eric Le Roy

Content 18+ Dylan Thomas had his Fern Hill, and I, poor beggar that I am, lay sentimental claim to Ferry Hill, a bar and restaurant establishment just over the Potomac River in Sharpsburg, Maryland, where I was a steady (or unsteady) patron from 1968-70. I attended Shepherd College which was in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on the other side of the Potomac and – apart from … Read the rest

Sex, music and something more

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Apart from the Civil Rights Movement and the Viet Nam War, the American '60s are best remembered for the music, the drugs, and the changing attitudes toward sex. I say 'changing attitudes'  rather than simply 'changes in sexual behavior' because I am not sure that long before the '60s people were not indulging … Read the rest