Saturday, February 7, 2009
Alexis and I went to the local elementary school to check out the science fair exhibits. One kid wanted to figure out which of his two dogs was smarter. Another compared the number of un-popped kernels of popcorn from various brands. A lot of the exhibits were interesting. Elana’s project compared the sugar content of [...]
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
This is the fourth anniversary of my mother’s death. Here is how she looked in the summer of 1961. To see how she looked twenty years later, go here. Share on Facebook
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Today my beloved spouse celebrates a birthday. To commemorate this event on-line, I offer a Spirograph flower I drew in 1968. Did you know that Spirograph patterns are hypotrochoids and epitrochoids? Share on Facebook
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Here’s another pair of ‘then and now’ images. Above, Alexis and I come to you from 1978. She is 16 and I’m 19. Below you see us thirty years later. We’re happy together. Share on Facebook
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Gerald F. Pearce was one of the two grandfathers I never met. He was in WWI, but not in the European trenches. Instead, Gerald Senior was in the Middle East. 90 years ago today, the Great War ended. My grandfather was in Baghdad, Iraq. Here’s what the main drag looked like on November 11, 1918: [...]
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Friday, September 5, 2008
My dad was born 80 years ago today. Here is the proof. Sadly, he did not live to see his 75th birthday. Share on Facebook
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Ocean Beach is one of the saner places in San Diego County. You’ll notice that the alcohol ban is a new sticker attached to the sign. That’s because San Diego has prohibited alcohol at the beach. You see, the local cops have a tradition of rioting when too many people gather in one place to [...]
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Here’s the first picture of my parents as husband and wife, taken June 18, 1953. And here is the last picture, taken on November 28, 2002. Share on Facebook
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My mom was born on this day in 1930. Here is the proof. Share on Facebook
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I met my maternal grandmother once. Here is Wilhemena Reaume with her daughter Joan and her grandson Scott. My grandfather, Robert J. DeLap, deserted the family in 1930, shortly after my mom was born. Wilhemena abandoned her daughter to be raised by her dad’s parents. Mother and daughter were reunited for a few hours one [...]
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Here is the eulogy I gave at the memorial service for my uncle on Saturday, May 3, 2008.
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My uncle’s funeral is being held in Fallbrook, California at this hour. Here is a picture of us together early in January, 1970. It was taken at Willow Springs Raceway. Share on Facebook
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Today is the fifth anniversary of my dad’s death. This is one of the best images to come out of the family archives. It was taken by my mom in 1957, about a year before I was born. It is one of the very few color photographs my mom took before the late 1960′s. It’s [...]
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Joan Pearce died three years ago today. Here is a picture of her that my dad took in May 1981 at the Renaissance Faire in Agoura, California. Share on Facebook
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