The street in the photo looking up towards the mountains is the present day view of the street that I grew up on. In my early years, until about when I was seven or eight, it was a dirt road. The road at the end of this street is San Fernando Road, the Old 99 Hwy. Railroad tracks are on the other...
Last Visit to Richard & The Story I Was Not Able to Read to Him *** For our 55th Year high school reunion, coming up within a week now, the Reunion Committee solicited written submissions from all our classmates to include in an electronic Commemorative Book of Memory & Testament. To...
Often Nights Turn into "Armageddon Scenes". When Attacks with Missiles and Drones Begin, our Army Shoots them Down. Часто ночі перетворюються на «сцени Армагеддону». Коли починаються атаки ракетами і дронами, наша армія їх збиває. *** Very early on June 8, I sent a lengthy email to...
The Broken Love Stone - If Love is Missing or Fractured, It is then Like a Constellation Without Many of its Stars, and Those Stars Remaining Dimmed and Barely Visible. I have walked by these stones, actually more like ceramic eggs, many times over the years on my long walks, with the stones at...
A Story from a Gentle Man Spanning Many, Many Years He was a gentle man, a kind, soft-spoken, older, thoughtful man, with manners and a quiet grace. He was by himself. I had left the seat beside him at the airport gate about ten minutes earlier to use the restroom before we started...
Bill Adams – Correspondence with His Wife, Julie, May 2014 *** For our 55th Year high school reunion, coming up later this year, the Reunion Committee is soliciting written submissions from all our classmates to include in an electronic Commemorative Book of Memory & Testament. To...
Understanding Will Come unto You All your Life The mind and thoughts of a young person are wondrous and complex, and rarely shared in full. There are so many things to gaze upon, consider, and understand – though understanding is a far-off thing, always still just out of reach for most of...
Senator Robert Kennedy - March 25, 1968 - Ditching High School to go Hear His Campaign Speech at a College in the San Fernando Valley, CA - Two & A-Half Months Before His Assassination in Los Angeles Introduction My 55th Year high school reunion is coming up later this year and the Reunion...