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When Mom was a kid

What would we do without pictures of the people we love, of the people that are gone – but certainly not forgotten. I think these visual reference points are important, I know they help me keep my sail filled with wind, even in the doldrums- and my compass set. 

super duper weenie

Yea – me an Ry-man hit the super duper weenie stand some time back to get a pre-dinner hot diggity dog snack. Doesn’t take much to get anyone in my family to break the rules when it comes to food. We just arent wired to say “no”. I will also mention that Guy Fiere came […]

Max & Molle

For this installment of the blather, I will dig up a few old ghosts from days gone by. Max & Molle, my Grandparents met back in the roaring 20’s. Molle was a local long distance swimming celebrity and a ticket taker in an Australian Outback movie theatre in her town, Max was a fancy European Vaudevillian entertainer whose act was coming through town playing […]

Ghosts… if not for the birds …

Geez, where to begin with this set of classic shots from the family vault…..? I don’t have all the particulars, damn I wish I did – this is one of those instances where I grew up with these pics -they were of Mickey (mom) and Max (grandpa) during the days of their performing the “act”  during WWII – […]