Definitions And Distinctions: Being Clear About What We Mean
Reflections On The Sinful, The Tragic, The Demonic, And The Ambiguous
He died all alone in a little cabin far removed from his family. It was not the way anybody wanted it, but Uncle Volney had smallpox. It happened nearly a hundred years ago. I heard the story from my grandmother. Volney Smith was her brother. The story of how he died while still quite a young man is one of those memories that connects me with the past. As Grandmother Martha Harris told it, people all around were dying, although some survived and took care of others. Uncle Volney was one of the unlucky ones. He was put off in a little cabin by himself.
