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Mom in the Sixties

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Today is my Mom’s 58th birthday. Goodness, that seems like a high number - but she pulls it off with her young-at-heart attitude. To celebrate, I thought I would share some uncommon, unrelated, and mostly random photos of my Mom from the 1960’s as she passed from little girl, through her teen years, and into […]

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Me on “The Uncle Al Show”

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

The Summer of 1976 was over and my Mom wanted me the hell out of the house. Okay, it probably wasn’t that drastic, but she did try to get me in to Kindergarten that Fall because she felt that I was in desperate need of a challenge. My birthday, being on October 2, was two […]

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Some Fabulous Murphy Christmas Photos

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

I always thought that my Mom’s immediate family typified the All-American family unit. Her parents’ marriage endured until death did them part, her siblings remained close into their adult years, and all of their children became friends as we continue to see each other at all the major holidays…and often outside of them. Now that we have […]

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Dad and the ‘54 Hudson Hornet

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

At right is a photo of Dad with his 1954 Hudson Hornet. He purchased this car in the Fall of 2001, drove it for a while after getting it up and running, and then spent two years meticulously restoring it to its nearly-original form (and color). He and Vicki have won ample awards showing this car […]

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Dad’s ‘Baseball Cards’

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

My Dad was obviously quite into baseball as he wandered through his pre-teen years. He had quite a vintage baseball card collection, which he still has today - and is probably quite valuable. He also fancied himself a ball player and sometime around 1960 these great photos of him playing baseball with his Dad were […]

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