"After viewing the situation from all sides, Mr. Laurel says that he is thoroughly reconciled to the fact that the moving picture industry is still in its infancy." - Radio announcer, "Me and My Pal"
My memories of Denise’s birth are confined to just a few seconds of standing in Grandma and Grandpa Murphy’s family room, looking through the sliding glass patio doors at my parents pulling up in the driveway in our ‘72 AMC Hornet, exiting the car, and carrying my new sister into their house. Obviously, this is where I […]
Christmas 1990 was indeed a special one as it was Ashleigh’s first. She wasn’t quite old enough to be ‘into’ the spirit of the season, but she was beginning to make some serious wide-eyed reactions to the lights and decorations. I remember standing by the tree at Christi’s parents’ house and telling her that the […]
I was the trailblazer for the Murphy cousins. The first to bring someone into the fourth generation. The first to get married. The first to get divorced, re-married, re-divorced…you get the picture. But my older cousin Lori was second. She got married less than a year after I did. Her husband-to-be Shane Davis already had a young […]
In a previous posting, I mentioned that I had once met Edie Adams, but did not have the foresight to get my photo take with her for whatever reason. In actuality, I never did really meet her. She was at a private party that I attended and she performed a routine, but I never made my […]
The famous Indian Lake cabin that I so fondly continue to visit had its origins back in the mid-1990’s. Specifically it was purchased in September of 1994 by my aunt Diana and uncle Tom. By the time they had fully furnished it and had it ready for the family to visit, it was June 1995. […]