Paw Paw Goes To College

Me with the Master, Rick Bragg It’s official and it feels weird. So weird, that I dug up my old fraternity jacket to see if it fits. Not even close. I’m sure you are asking why I would do such a thing? Because after almost a half century, I’m headed back to college - and I do not mean via the computer, aka, “distance learning.” I am actually going back to the campus of the University of Alabama from whence I graduated. Technically, I’m not enrolling as a student. I’m going to audit a class. That’s a fancy way of saying you get to pay the full price of tuition to sit in the back and listen to someone lecture. I’ll do the work, but I won’t get a grade, which is ok by me. Might’ve been nice to have done it that way the first time I was down there. The hook for me is the instructor. It’s not just anyone. The person that’s teaching the course, Advanced Magazine Writing,...