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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that I had spent the weekend at my 50th high school class reunion. It was both enjoyable and revelatory. When you see some of the mates you’ve not seen in half a century or even when you have interacted with them at other reunions it is always a surprise at [...] Continue reading 50th High School Reunion I had a magnificent experience over the last few days. I attended my 50th high school reunion. Many of my old friends and acquaintances also attended and it was an exercise in extrapolation of memory and then applying what you remember of a person to the weathering of age, accommodations of physical change and then [...] Continue reading Old Friends, New Times It is an anniversary tomorrow. A terrible remembrance of sacrifice and courage. It is D-day, June 6th, the storming of the beaches in Normandy, France in an operation called “Overlord”. I was there on the June 6th, 1999 anniversary with six veterans who had not been back since they fought and crawled on those beaches [...] Continue reading D-Day |
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New Memories of Older Times
Since I was just back for a school reunion my mind goes back to what it was like in those days. I remember a number of things that the young people of today have either never heard of, or remember only in stories from their family conversations. When I was fourteen I joined the Junior [...]
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