Everyday Disasters

Category: Family Legends

  • Graduation Mass Photos

    Drag your mouse over the slides to stop the show. (These photos have been extensively edited in PhotoShop (R) and then the resolution is really reduced. If you want the originals so you can play with them, let me know.[widgets_on_pages id=1]

  • The Party Photos

    I got the 411 wonderful pictures back Tuesday from the Saturday party from Studio 6 Photography, in Englewood, NJ.

  • Venice 1949

    In 1949 my father and two friends traveled by motorcycle from England, through Paris, Briancon and ultimately to Venice. Since my son is in Venice now I decided to post the pictures from the 1949 trip (most bought at the tourist stands). Grand Canal – The Regatta St Marks Church The Grand Canal (Nottumo) Rialto…

  • Where was this photo taken?

    Stan Dowler & 2 friends went on a trip from England to Italy after WWII.  Any clue where this could possibly be?

  • Family Legends

    I went to a beautiful engagement party recently where the father of the groom stood up and made a lovely tribute to the couple and their extended families.  He included many touching details including the thought that he appreciated that as his wife had moved from the protection of her father’s house to his house in…

  • Ghoststories & the 10-yr-old Techies

    When I was young (9? 12?) we would occasionally have sleepovers with several kids. Turning the lights down, getting under the covers, we’d tell ghost stories and shriek when the tree branch rubbed against the window (or maybe it was my brothers, or a burglar – who knew?) In a momentary fit of insanity I…

  • Windy

    We choose a Neuf because we always have numerous small guests underfoot (2-footed) and we lived next to a lake – although I never would have let my children go down to the lake alone, extra insurance never hurt. Windy arrived as a small ball of fur (she never looked that beautifully brushed again) with…

  • Another Dee Story – Children Terrorizing the Maid

    Dee, a respectable matron whose words flow with the gentle music of the south, gave me another story of how she terrorized Ida, her family’s maid, and with the exception of her family, the most loved person in Dee’s childhood.

  • A Boy and the Shower

    I’ve finally come to accept that my 10-year old son must be brain damaged. There were signs –

  • It’s Important Not to Let Your Kids Torture the Maid

    Dee’s Story Dee is a respectable matron with a responsible position in municipal government, but she wasn’t always. In fact, Dee seems to have been a bit of a terror. In the ancient times of party lines and B&W TV, Dee attended Kindergarten. Since she came from a well-to-do and progressive family her father would…