The Times-Delphic · Apr 26, 2019
Dolph Pulliam: A Life Dedicated to Drake
By DRAKE LOHSE
It’s a wet and gnarly day, windy, cold, and rain is beginning to spit. The sky is so gray it looks royal-blue. A young woman walks past Olmsted, hunched in a t-shirt, with her arms folded over her chest. It’s raining fully by the time she ducks for cover under a tree.
She’s standing under the tree, contemplating staying there until summer break arrives, when she feels a tap at her shoulder. The young woman turns, to see a tall young man smiling and handing her an umbrella. “Have a nice day,” he says, and walks away.
Dolph Pulliam doesn’t remember what year that happened, and he definitely doesn’t think that giving an umbrella to someone who needs one, is any big deal.