Larry – Hampton Beach

Larry – Hampton Beach

Here is Larry sitting on the porch of a beach cottage at Hampton Beach, NH.  For a couple of summers (1948 & 49??) Pat’s uncle Merrill Adams and his family rented a cottage right on the beach and we would go to visit for a day or two.  I don’t remember...

Ray – Slow Driving

IS THIS STORY TRUE?  When Ray was in his 90’s, he was driving down the street very slowly with quite a few vehicles backed up behind him.  Thinking something was wrong, an officer stopped him to check.  After Ray basically told him that nothing was wrong this is...
Larry – The Leather Jacket

Larry – The Leather Jacket

It seems like there was always a heavy black leather jacket in our closet.  When I was big enough, I thought it was really cool to wear out on cold days.  It wasn’t until years later that I found a picture of my father, looking cool, as a young man  in that same...

Billie – The Clipper Ships

Sometimes on our trips “over the mountain” to Pittsfield we would visit Uncle Ray and his family.  I always hoped that Billy would be there so he could show me his latest drawings and paintings of clipper ships.  Sure wish I had one...

Louis Pinball Machine

I loved going to Uncle Louie’s house in Colony because I could play the full sized pinball machine in his basement without having to put in any...