"These pretzels are making me thirsty." - Jerry, George, Kramer, & Elaine, "Seinfeld"
Most likely because this was our first Christmas with Denise, my parents decided to take over the duties of hosting Christmas Eve. For the previous six years of my parents’ marriage and the first five years of my life, it had been held at Carl and Arline’s house, but now the torch was passed on […]
Just so Denise doesn’t get too cocky in thinking that she is much younger than me, this proves that there existed black and white snapshots of her as a baby as well. As we got ready for the holiday season - her first one ever - I spent my time out in the snow with […]
It wasn’t too long after our cat Laddy ran away sometime between 1975 and ‘76 that a new stray kitten ingratiated himself to us and merged his little self into our household. My Dad gave him the moniker Charcoal simply because he was solid gray…charcoal gray. I had established a fondness for kitties at a young age, and I […]
I first met Kenny Carroll on April 8, 1978, which was the day that my family moved into our house on Winterset Drive in Beavercreek. He and his family lived two doors up from our new home. Amidst the hustle and bustle of move-in day, Kenny came over and introduced himself. He and I became fast friends when he took me […]
Just when I didn’t think I had anything of the kind, I discovered a few snapshots nestled into one of my Grandma Range’s photo albums. Actually, the photos were taken at Bill and Dottie’s house in New Lebanon for a joint celebration of my birthday and my cousin Rob’s birthday, which happens to fall 13 days […]