Category Archives: About Me

Let The Rabbit Eat Trix

[This post was written for the 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History, Week 21: Commercials] If you were a child of the 70s, you probably saw alot of commercials during Saturday morning cartoons.  That’s when you heard about the Honey Comb Hideout, went cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, and and you knew all about Conjunction …

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Happy Mother’s Day!

This photograph was taken in 1964 a few months after I was born.  My oldest sister is 7 at the time.  My Mom is 27 years old in this photo.  She 5 kids in 7 years. It’s one of my favorites.  We were visiting one of my parent’s friends.  We were like a small army …

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The Drought Years

[Written for the 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History, Week 18: The Weather] I was a kid in the 1970s.  During those years, California was gripped in a severe drought. As a child, this affected me in many ways.  I always remember sunshine on my January birthday during those years.  Spring came early almost …

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