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Photographs and Memories
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Photo booths were great in the days when we didn't have cameras - black and white photo strips preserved our memories.
How We Met
My grandfather, mother and great grandmother Louise Stone Carswell holding me 1945.  I grew up hearing colorful family [...]
Almost Home
We get reminders about hanging onto the past from ballads as well as memoirs.
Sunburn
Sunburn One sunny Friday afternoon we went to our local coffeeshop for a quick bite and then to the garage to get the car for [...]
The Dead Relatives Tour
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They were set aside as my Cemetery Shoes.
How I Got My Equity Card
I have graduated from college. I have graduated from acting school. I am a professional actor. Or I would be a professional [...]
Los Mechanicos*
I’m handy. I began early, learned how to use hand tools from my father, a hands-on electrical engineer who designed and [...]
COVID-19, Island Style
Living in Hawaii has provided us with the unique opportunity to control the spread of COVID-19 by limiting the number of [...]
Knock Three Times
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I lived in my first — and only — apartment building the summer after my sophomore year of college. I had snagged [...]
Travel Bag
It is remarkable how you really could carry everything you needed.