I’ve been scanning old family photos and slides for several years now; this one stands out to me for obvious reasons. The less obvious reasons are subtle and special. As a child of the 1960s, I remember all the local businesses being run by WWII vets, most still in good shape. This photo, from a […]
In 1974 my father, a professor of British and African History, took a sabbatical year to do research in Kenya and teach aboard “World Campus Afloat,” an earlier version of Semester at Sea. He took my mother and young brothers along for the adventures. Here they sit in the Nairobi train station, waiting in the […]
This is one of my favorite photos of my sister and me. She was born in New Orleans, so this was probably there or Metairie, Louisiana . I’ve got thigh high socks on and of course, a cat on my lap. The guitar was mine as well. Just two happy girls sitting on a stoop […]
Meet my grandfather Robert. He born in 1900 and was part of a generation that lived through two World Wars and a Great Depression and other hardships as well. Quiet, reserved and even tempered, he was respectful of others and a generous giver of his time to whomever was in need. A farmer, machinist, gunsmith, […]
We are who we are because of who they were. My grandparents were both born and raised in Hawaii, and they wanted their island home to be their final resting place, as well. My grandfather passed away about 8 years ago, and his ashes were intered in the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery in Kaneohe, Oahu. My […]
This is an old 35mm Kodachrome of my Grandfather and Grandmother standing next to their plane and Inuit family in the Nunavut territory of Canada during the early 1950s. Both my grandparents supplied medical aid for polio and tuberculosis to the Eskimo people during the harsh winters. My grandfather was an accomplished physician and pilot; […]
“If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present.” -Chaim Potok On New Year’s day, my family remembers the birthday of Ruth Appel Wittmayer. She was delivered at 12:01 am on January 1, 1929, the first baby born in Brooklyn that year, as reported in the local newspapers. She would have been 87 […]
All I want for Christmas is memories. Christmas morning, 1968. Here, my parents captured that magical moment when my siblings and I rounded the corner from our front stairs and hallway to the living room. When we stepped into the room, we saw that Santa had made his visit; erecting a massive tree, decorating every […]
My very first Christmas, 1954. Looks like everyone got rockers for their new babies. We were all baby girls and there were still two more yet to come! It was pretty awesome growing up in a family of all girls. My big sisters Chrissy and Patty were wearing their new Christmas dresses that my mother […]
The women of Gerry Lynn’s Charm School including my Great Aunt Thelma Smith, circa 1950. My Great Aunt was an entrepreneur and a fashion innovator in the Atlanta area. She owned one of Atlanta’s most prominent Charm School’s during the 1950’s. As a model, she was featured in Jet Magazine. She married Giles Jewell and lived […]
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