Pushing on a Rope
Flashback Friday
Flashback Friday — Teddy Bear Picnic
Flashback to spring 1998. This week we’re back at the Mead School Child Care program — the wonderful home away from home where we took Catherine when she was little and where she is now doing her senior internship. Every day this week she’s come home with another crazy story about life with eight toddlers. … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — It Adds Up
Flashback today not to an event commemorated on film but to a tired old gadget, long in the tooth and ready to be retired … but not if Basil has his way. In fits and starts, he continues to clear out files and the desk drawers. As though part of an archaeological dig, slowly but … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — March On!
Flashback to 1982, when most of my non-academic waking moments seemed to be consumed by band: practicing (at 7 am, rain or shine, on the dewy football field), competing in countless competitions, and performing — in parades, concerts, tattoos (yes, that is a thing). No wonder I struggle to re-create the notes as part of … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Some bunny loves you
Flashback to Easter 2000: Catherine was 4 and still happy to wear what I chose. And the parade of Easter bunnies my parents made were — like the season’s ubiquitous Peeps — just born. This was their photo debut. As happens often, since Basil and Catherine are Greek Orthodox, it was a year of two Easters … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Triple Trouble
As is so very often the case, I’m a day late and probably several dollars short. I never let that stop me, though. Yesterday was National Sibling Day and lots of folks posted family photos on their Facebook and Instagram feeds. Here’s hoping you have interest in one more sets of siblings. Here is Basil with … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — All Washed Up
Flashback to 1988 and the first time some members of the family went to Hawaii. Here are Mom and Dad on Maui. My father won the trip through work and they had a blast. I remember at the time thinking I’d not seen photos of my parents looking quite as happy as they did on … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Shopped til I dropped
Flashback to 4 BC (Before Catherine), or 1992 for those of you who like to be specific. Yes, there was life before Catherine, although some days those memories are quite dim. Here we are decked out for the wedding of one of Basil’s former co-workers. The white linen suit, a big favorite of his, is … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Boxed In
Flashback to 1997. Don’t know what you were up to then, but Catherine was elbow-deep in every toy you can imagine … and playing with a white cardboard box. Isn’t it always the way? I stumbled on these photos while looking for something else. They were taken when we still lived in the condo around … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Warm Regards from 1997
It’s 8 degrees. The weatherman is forecasting another possible 18 inches of snow for Monday. It’s time to bring out the big guns. At my first job out of college I worked at a weekly paper here in Fairfield County whose publisher had an unbreakable edict: cute kid or pet above the fold in every … Continue reading
Flashback Friday — Bar None
Flashback 40 years to December 1973 … because, well, this one is too good to pass up. It’s Basil, who had just turned 18, working a holiday party at his parents’ restaurant, The 19th Hole (which is still in business in Stamford under different ownership). They had the restaurant for four years, from ’72 to … Continue reading
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