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Serendipity
Recently I was asked how the musicians’ strike of the 1940s impacted the way I listened to music t . . .
Snapshot of a Little Girl Laughing
The request, as I understood it, was to locate a photo or snapshot of something significant in my li . . .
The “Greatest Generation”… One Old Girl’s Opinion
Prologue I expect that there may be some disagreement with some of these observations. But let me st . . .
The Holes in the Pool Room Wall
Ca late 1920s It was a beautiful early summer morning. The sun was already promising a hot day – . . .
A Warm Memory of Cold Winter Nights
ca - mid-1930s Although Marilyn, Buddy and Jeannie were only summertime “country kids”, there . . .
About A Delightful Book
I had intended at the outset to write a one-paragraph book review. But upon further consideration, d . . .
Charlie and whitey, the Rooster
Circa 1939 Charlie arrived home on a lovely late Summer Friday afternoon. There was a gentle breeze . . .
Charlie DeMar Stories - Part 1
(ca 1937) When you come right down to it, sometimes a most ordinary man can be at the same time, a . . .
Communicating In The 1940s
She awoke, startled, to an unfamiliar sound. The clock on the nightstand read 3:20. There was that s . . .
Do You Want To Know What Makes Me Laugh?
“Do you want to know what makes me laugh?” Jeanne Peck asked, wielding a sheet of paper. “This . . .
Health care delivery in the early 1930’s
Any child in the New York City neighborhood in which I grew up would have had to be very sick indeed . . .
Charlotte and the Back Steps
ca 1936 The child was in the yard with her dog, Spotty, when she saw the man approach the f . . .