Last week I received a box in the mail from my an old friend Natalie. I spent a lot of time with Nat and her family when I was younger and our families were close. So close that I called Nat's mom Aunt Rosie. Some readers may recall that I have written about Aunt Rosie [...]
Tag: memories
In retrospect…
My Great Aunt Sara lived in Los Angeles and I would go visit every once in awhile for a couple of days or a week at a time when I was a kid. We didn't live all that far away from Los Angeles maybe 30 minutes on a good traffic day, but it might as [...]
My favorite Lion…Lion Lyle Swor.
I was going to give an after action report of my recent trip to Maryland today and update you on the status of my luggage, but when I opened my NDSU email today I received news that preempted all of that. I received the terribly sad news that my favorite Lion, Lion Lyle Swor, passed [...]
Pray for California…
Jeff, Narin, Paul and Danny at Lake Tahoe, CA on July 4th weekend Today I am off to visit my brother Jeff, my sister-in-law Narin, my nephews Paul and Danny and my soon to emerge, but not really shown in this photo, niece Rita (due October 27, 2010) in California. I was born in New [...]
Protecting the memory on your hard drive…
Did you know that regular physical exercise is known to have a preventative effect as it applies to Alzheimer’s disease? I did not know this, but I have heard this little factoid, not once, not twice, but three times in as many days from Cheyenne. Apparently, one of her teachers said this in class and [...]
Two emails…
I received two emails the other day that took me in two different directions. The first email was a forward from my father. It was from an old family friend that I had lost touch with, but who was able to locate my father on Facebook (yes, my dad is on Facebook and you thought [...]
Do you know the Joneses?
I do not know the Joneses so how can I be expected to keep up with them? I must confess I really do not want to meet them either. If they are the folks that are creating the pressure for everyone else to keep up with them then thanks very much, but no thanks…give me [...]
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