Monday, July 14, 2003MUSIC IS MEMORYRichie Valens, The Chiffons, Lenny Welch, The Diamonds, Little Richard... this was the music that hit me between the ages of 12 and 14. When the hormones were ready to explode songs like "Come Go With Me" by the Dell Vikings and "He's So Fine" provided release. The sound tracks like the emotions... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:44 AM Comments (1) (link) Sunday, July 13, 2003GRANDMA'S FERNTheir home on 198th Street in Queens had a sun porch the width of the house. My gram kept it full of plants, mostly two kinds, ferns, and something called "mother-in-law's tongue". Gram claimed that she did not have a green thumb. It's just that these plants were indestructible. When I married Pete,... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 11:01 AM Comments (0) (link) Saturday, July 12, 2003FRIENDS, FAMILY AND THE MILITARYMy Grandfather missed WW1 by just a few years. He was too young in 1914 and too old in 1941. He did not have a son. So, he lived to a ripe old age and died quietly relatively untouched by the two wars that defined his generation. My mother knew my father a total of seven days before they were... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 9:12 AM Comments (0) (link) Friday, July 11, 2003FLYINGIn 1963 you could fly the Boston to Newark shuttle for $25 with your student discount. That's when I discovered air travel. I'd fly home from B.U. on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and spring break. I loved flying. It seemed the perfect way to deal with living in two worlds. It made the shock of going... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 6:56 AM Comments (1) (link) Thursday, July 10, 2003MY DAD, REPUBLICAN,Staunch supporter of Nixon, Reagan, and Bush is much more like Clinton. Adulterer, philanderer, liar but through charm and cleverness managed to stay married to the same woman, now going on 59 years. He was also a B17 pilot in WWII. He flew many missions over Germany and France and his surviving... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 7:50 AM Comments (0) (link) |
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