Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

“Be home by supper” wasn’t some kind of catchy pastoral phrase back in the days of front porches and lemonade-laden afternoons. Nothing homey or idyllic about it. And we never considered it an acronym for, or an allusion to, the old South.  I don’t care how they pictured it in that movie about the fried, green tomatoes. I don’t care how it was portrayed in the book, “The American Dream: The 50s” by Richard Stolley. And I don’t care how many “Hap…

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? - The Port St. Joe Star

“Be home by supper” wasn’t some kind of catchy pastoral phrase back in the days of front porches and lemonade-laden afternoons. Nothing homey or idyllic about it. And we never considered it an acronym for, or an allusion to, the old South.  I don’t care how they pictured it in that movie about the fried, green tomatoes. I don’t care how it was portrayed in the book, “The American Dream: The 50s” by Richard Stolley. And I don’t care how many “Hap…