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Tag Archives: memoir
Holiday Season 1978
Memories from past letters of mine. Also commentary now on those memories. We are now into the fall of 1978. The cold and cough season is upon us but nothing serious. I receive the official notification that I am now a Professional Engineer in PA, a goal that I worked on for a year. I was proud of this achievement. I was also proud of getting the truck ready for use as a tow vehicle. I now realized that I included much about Margery. I make what amends that I can here. Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Coopersburg PA, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged coopersburg, Marge, memoir, Pennsylvania, PP&L
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Summer’s End 1978
Marge and I in 1978 were a middle age suburban Pennsylvania couple with two growing children. This post is about summer ending, a week at the beach, minutae of everyday life, hobbies, memories of the past and comments on them in the present. Join us. Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Coopersburg PA, memoir, Pennsylvania, Relationships, Summer vacations
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, family, friends, memoir, relationships
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My 2019 Christmas Novella
Personal comments and photos about my life here in Las Vegas, NV during 2019; featuring daughters Ingrid and Louise, friends Janet, Dee, and Odile. It was a good year with one minor bump in October when I became ill. The color for the Advent season is blue, signifying hope. I hope you also have had a great 2020 year and look to the future hopefully. Continue reading
Posted in Hospital, ER, drugs, Las Vegas, photos, Relationships, Vegas 2010-2020
Tagged family, friends, life, love, memoir, relationships
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July 1978
Summer vacation time in PA. Trips for me, mostly business related. I had a speaking engagement in Chicago and made a side trip to Dearborn, home of many museums and similar places of interest. I took a trip at Memorial day to Tampa to spend a few days there with a friend and so some sailing in the Gulf. That was a lot of fun. I went to Poughkeepsie, NY to visit a counterpart at Central Hudson Power. Marge and I both went to Williamsburgh, VA as I was going to a trade show of electric utility vehicles. Marge did some shopping and sightseeing. We left the girls at home and had a very nice time together. Pleasure with business, a good combination. I had a new eye exam and also a detailed hearing exam. Some minor problems but nothing serious. I took up the jogging craze and find it is a good way to unwind after a day at the office and get in good physical shape. I took the exam for a Professional Engineering license 20 years after graduation. It was exhausting but I believe I did OK. Future summer plans involve going to Virginia Beach with another couple for a vacation which we are all looking forward to. Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Coopersburg PA, Relationships, Summer vacations
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, friends, memoir, singing, vacation
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Summer Solstice Soliloquies
family life in 1976, photos, Dad’s death,Lake Placid, summer vacations, ham radio, ages and stages Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA, Relationships, Summer vacations
Tagged death, driving, friends, Ingrid, memoir, photos, road travel, summer
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May Memories – 1975,Holiday, Wallenpaupack, Trailering Home improvements
Wallenpaupack holiday, Nichols family plot, Hancock, NY, Beverley Hills home, upgrading, new chairs, trailering, High school musicale Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Pennsylvania
Tagged children, church, coopersburg, driving, family, featured, life, memoir, music, PP&L
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March 1975, Health, Teen Age, Music, Spring
March 1975 in Coopersburg, health, birthday, guitars, woodworking, films Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Coopersburg PA
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, featured, films, Marge, memoir, music
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Feb. 1975, Flu, Florida, Family, Guitar, Electronics, Furniture
Mid winter in PA, Flu, Florida, Trailer travel, Guitar, Electronics,Furniture Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Coopersburg PA
Tagged coopersburg, driving, family, friends, health, Marge, memoir, music, PP&L, road travel
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Jan 1975, national economy, holidays, travel plans, new and old hobbies
A new year is upon us. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem better than last year. For us as a family the situation appears OK. Nationally is a different matter. One month we hear of a tax surcharge, than a tax rebate. … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA, Relationships
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, emotions, Marge, marriage, memoir, PP&L, singing
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Nov. ’74 – Home Improvements, Music, Teeth Bands and Braces, PP&L
I started the month more or less anticipating my birthday. Getting perilously close to 40, a few years to go. The living room is in pretty good shape at this time. The new furniture arrived, and also a rug from … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, health, Ingrid, memoir, music, Pennsylvania, PP&L
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July 1974- union strikes, major flood, trailer camping
Summer ’74 is definitely with us now, and for me an unusual experience, working as a helper on a line crew. A line crew installs and maintains the wiring from the electrical distribution system to the last customer. Was this … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown
Tagged Beverly Hills, children, dining, emotions, featured, Marge, memoir, misunderstanding, PP&L, Storms, trailer travel
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Easter Vacation 1974
I think that a slight change in style is proper. My sources, other than memories, are letters and notes from the time period in the blog title. I am trying to correctly represent that by writing in the past tense … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown
Tagged coopersburg, dining, driving, health, Marge, marriage, memoir, Moravian church, travel trailer
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April 1974
March surely did go out like a lion this year. We had about an inch of snow on March 31, but it didn’t last long. The snow flakes were big and wet, came down hard for a few hours and … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, driving, featured, marriage, memoir, road travel
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Marching Along – 1974
Spring is springing, a young man’s thoughts turn to Love, and a middle-aged man thinks about his trailer. March 74 certainly came in very lamb-like. I was sick again in February with the flu, more severe in February than January. … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA
Tagged Beverly Hills, cars, clothes, driving, friends, health, Marge, memoir, PP&L, road travel
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Another New Year – 1974
Here we are again, now in 1974. I didn’t get around to writing until the end of the month for some unknown reason now, probably the Christmas rush, celebrations, etc. One of our Christmas day rituals was turning the house … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, driving, hobbies, life, love, marriage, memoir, Pennsylvania, relationships, road travel, taxes, trailer travel
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Notes on November -1973
November ’73, I am now a year older, but still under the figure of 40, another decade in the odometer of life. And so far it has been a good life. For us, this was a month of trips. The first gasoline crisis … Continue reading
Posted in Coopersburg PA, NY
Tagged Beverly Hills, coopersburg, emotions, friends, health, hobbies, life, love, marriage, memoir, PP&L, relationships, Trailers
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Summer Time – 1973
The Date: August 15, 1973. The Place: Coopersburg, PA. August here is usually hot and muggy, this day being no exception. Not like NY where we could get by with large window fans and we are so thankful this house … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA, Relationships, Summer vacations
Tagged beach, Beverly Hills, family, history, life, marriage, memoir, Pennsylvania, PP&L, relationships, road travel
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Independence Day – 1973
I had the day off since 4th is a holiday. Louise’s birthday is the 6th so we all celebrated a day early. Seven years old already, how did that happen? Of course, we had birthday cake and presents and altogether … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Pennsylvania
Tagged children, coopersburg, life, love, Marge, memoir, New York, PP&L, relationships, vacation
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Springtime For Frantzens – 1973
No, not Springtime For Hitler, that’s been done, but about me and my loved ones. I took a business trip to Oklahoma at the end of April. A local vendor of construction equipment was having a show in Oklahoma City and I … Continue reading
Posted in Coopersburg PA
Tagged coopersburg, dining, emotions, family planning, friends, hospital, Hydro electricity, mall, Marge, memoir, PP&L, Susquehanna, Trailers, tubal ligation
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Great Expectations – Our First Trailer Trip
I am shameless in appropriating titles, though we did in fact have great expectations for our first trailer vacation. The time was April 1973 just preceding Easter of that year. We made a trial trip to Lancaster PA to get an actual … Continue reading
Posted in Coopersburg PA, Pennsylvania
Tagged Atlantic coast, coopersburg, driving, emotions, Marge, memoir, Myrtle Beach, road travel, trailer
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On The Road…In PA
Apologies to Jack Kerouac but I couldn’t resist. Marge and I have discussed buying a travel trailer. Really, it was my idea but of course it was a joint decision to make. I have no idea why, it just seemed … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Coopersburg PA
Tagged emotions, life, Marge, marriage, memoir, PP&L, relationships, road travel
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Orphanage of Marge
I want to reprise a bit from the earlier long quote about the Charismatic Movement. It does still exist in different forms, but I don’t believe here (LV). Marge had made some very bad decisions in our early life and was … Continue reading
Posted in Marital difficulties, Pennsylvania
Tagged abandonment, anger, archetype, coopersburg, depression, emotions, friends, loneliness, marriage, memoir, misunderstanding, orphan, Religion
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R. F. & M. F. – End of Chapter
“MY GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK” Words and Lyrics Henry Clay Work “My grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor; It was taller by half than the old man himself, Though it weighed not … Continue reading
Posted in Marital difficulties, Relationships, Vegas 1980-1990, Vestal
Tagged clockwork, college, death, driving, emotions, grief, life, love, Marge, marriage, memoir, mind prober, misunderstanding, National Guard, Personality testing, relationships, road travel
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Mind Probing Marge and Bob – Sex
Sex!! where would we be without it? Of course, you wouldn’t be at all, unless you were conceived miraculously. Christianity, Buddhism, aboriginal beliefs, and other religious systems have similar tales, so that idea is part of our Jungian collective unconscious thereby explaining the mystery … Continue reading
Posted in Marital difficulties, Relationships, Uncategorized
Tagged emotions, fun, hot tubs, love, Marge, marriage, memoir, mind prober, misunderstanding, mood, relationships, sex, Spring Fever
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Mind Probing Bob & Marge – Personal Interests
Time. Time and time again. What is time? My dictionary first defines time as a noun : the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole; when used differently time is a verb, … Continue reading
Posted in Marge Writing, Marital difficulties, Relationships, Syracuse University
Tagged emotions, friends, hobbies, Marge, marriage, memoir, mind prober, music, New York, relationships, SAT, singing, Syracuse University, time, work
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Mind Probing Bob & Marge – Stress
November 9, 2015, 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Seems a good time to write on stress. Kristallnacht unknown.? Google it. Kristallnacht, a turning point in Nazi anti-Jewish policy culminating in the Holocaust–the systematic, state-sponsored extermination of the European Jews. A terrible day not to be forgotten. Imagine yourself there, synagogues burning, … Continue reading
Posted in Marital difficulties, Relationships
Tagged adjustment disorder, alcohol, anger, coping, depression, doctors, DSM, emotional stress, emotions, health, Marge, marital disorder, marriage, memoir, mind prober, misunderstanding, psychiatry, relationships
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MIND PROBING Bob & Marge – Relationships
In a funk this morning. Waking early sometime in the night. Very dark. Very Thirsty, probably mouth breathing. Then staggering to my bathroom for cold water. Up about 5:30 a.m. due to Mochoa cat. Meow, meow , meow – Paw, … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged emotions, Marge, marriage, memoir, mind prober, misunderstanding, relationships, Scesis, Scesis Onomaton
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WASP (Not the Insect)
The emotional rush of being in love and a couple, both figuratively and physically, ended about when the relationship texts proclaimed, that is, about 2 years after making our informal commitment to each other. Sure enough, we responded to the ancient call … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Coopersburg PA, Marital difficulties, Pennsylvania, Relationships
Tagged baby, clothes, coopersburg, emotions, friends, Marge, marriage, memoir, mind prober, PA Power and Light, Pennsylvania, PP&L, relationships
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1970 – Pennsylvania
We have now moved down here and into the house on Beverley Hills. It was heart-rending to leave Vestal as we had made several improvements to the house to personalize it into being our home. Originally, we had planned on staying in … Continue reading
Posted in 1970-1980, Allentown, Binghamton, Coopersburg PA, Relationships
Tagged alone, Beverly Hills, emotions, loneliness, loss, Marge, marriage, memoir, mind prober, misunderstanding, moving, personality
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For Marge
At one time in the past, we used to subscribe to the local paper, the LV Review Journal. The paper had a weekly column by Stephen Kalas. Marge saved one of his columns, which I found and used as the preface … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships
Tagged emotions, Marge, marriage, memoir, misunderstanding, poetry, relationships
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Parting Words-May 1958
In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Juliet speaks the following famous words “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Of course, since we know the play, things do not turn out as she expected for either of them. May was the last month … Continue reading
Posted in Pre Marriage life, Relationships, Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged college, dating in 1950s, emotions, Love letter, Marge, marriage, memoir, misunderstanding, relationships, romance
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Wilson Cottage – Syracuse University
I have rambled about myself with little concerning Marge. Now I try to remedy that as best I can. This is a copy of the cover letter Marge sent me after, what I thought, was a disastrous first real date, the disaster due … Continue reading
Posted in Pre Marriage life, Relationships, Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged Brae Loch Inn, Cazenovia, clothes, college, dating in 1950s, emotions, Marge, memoir, New York, Pigeons, relationships, students, Syracuse, Syracuse University
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Fish Tales
Most of us have seen a photo of the earth taken from a satellite, or space ship of some type. The earth, from this vantage, appears as a blue globe against a black field of darkness. Water covers eighty percent … Continue reading
Posted in Dannemora, NY, Relationships
Tagged Clinton Prison, coopersburg, Dannemora, depression, emotions, fishing, friends, ice fishing, Lake Champlain, memoir, misunderstanding, New York, relationships
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Flee Flu
An old gag goes like this “I opened the door… and in flew Enza.” In 1957 an influenza pandemic struck. It flew in with a vengeance. A description follows from the web site WWW.Flu.gov. “In February 1957, a new flu … Continue reading
Simple But Not Plain
Once, particularly in the heyday of automobiles in this country, “America’s love affair with the car.” was a common phrase. Yes, an advertising cliché, but with some merit. Can you, can I, be in love with a car? I am not anthropomorphic … Continue reading
Posted in Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged cars, college, Dannemora, dating in 1950s, friends, memoir, New York, Plymouth, Syracuse, Syracuse University, YOU TUBE
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Experimenting With Drugs
I experimented with drugs while at Syracuse University. Yes, and I am proud of this. This activity was an added benefit of working at the Infirmary. The Norwich Pharmaceutical Company started in 1887 in Norwich, NY and exists today as … Continue reading
The Meaning of a Classic
Early Fall had arrived to Syracuse in September 1957. Roy and I had settled in to our room at the Infirmary, and were walking on a Friday evening. We had left the infirmary on Waverly, walked east and turned south on … Continue reading
Posted in Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged Buick, driving, emotions, fantasy, friends, memoir, New York, relationships, road travel, students, Syracuse University
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Infirmary Blues (?) Syracuse Style
Have you heard of the S.U. Infirmary? Recapping a bit, Roy and I roomed together at Watson in years 54-55. I lived in G. Cleveland 55-56 and Roy took a year off. We roomed again in G. Cleveland 56-57. We lived in … Continue reading
Posted in Relationships, Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged college, Dannemora, friends, memoir, New York, rrlationships, students, Syracuse, Syracuse University
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Hedwig Cmielewski – Summer 1957
Hedwig Cmielewski and I, in the summer of ’57 worked at Saranac Inn, NY. This place appeared in the last post so no sense in repeating that. I was back in my old department at Saranac Inn and this year there was … Continue reading
Posted in NY, Summer vacations, Syracuse University
Tagged college, cooking, dating in 1950s, Ford, friends, memoir, New York, resort life, students, SUOC, Syracuse University
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The Brownstein Incident Grover Cleveland – 1955
Before I write anything, let me state that I am not anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic or have any similar negative traits. I was not going to write about the above, as it might be misconstrued as such. The whole thing was just … Continue reading
Posted in Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged friends, Grover Cleveland, memoir, misunderstanding, New York, pranks, students, Syracuse, Syracuse University
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Back to Grover Cleveland 56-57
A friend in need. I hope you have had lots of friends, and if some were in need you helped. Lets go back to the ending of the Spring semester at Syracuse. A friend of mine, can’t remember his name … Continue reading
Posted in Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged college, Dynaflow, emotions, friends, memoir, New York, student food, students, Syracuse, Syracuse University
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Donna Cianchetti – Goodbye – 1956
Who was Donna Cianchetti? That’s a question that has been on what is left of my memory and mind for a week or so. I have already mentioned that I spent my summers working in restaurants, mostly resorts in the … Continue reading
Pummeled by Pumpkins -1955
New York, The Empire State. It was in the 1950’s and still is known that way, who knows why? Wikipedia gives the following note on the subject: the U.S. State of New York has been known by many nicknames, the … Continue reading
Posted in Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged accident, college, dating in 1950s, driving, Emergency room, featured, friends, memoir, Model A, Morgan, Renault Dauphine, students, Syracuse, Syracuse University
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Remembering Grover Cleveland – 1
I stayed at the Grover Cleveland residence for men for two consecutive years so the following posts will be a conflation of those two years. The first year for me was as a sophomore and I covered that last post. The second … Continue reading
Posted in Syracuse, Syracuse University
Tagged college, HL, Machinery Hall, memoir, New York, strip club, students, Syracuse University
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Ages and Stages-Chapter 1
I have finally come to that point of thinking I have something to share again. And as I often do, I begin with a snippet that resonates with me and my story. This one is from the singer Glen Campbell. If … Continue reading
Posted in Dannemora, NY, Pre Marriage life, Syracuse University
Tagged Adirondack Mts., Dannemora, dating in 1950s, emotions, friends, graduation, Marge, memoir, New York, Syracuse University
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55 Years Together 