Cultural Memories, 1971 – 1974

Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. This effort is aided and abetted by reviewing Wikipedia’s listings of each year’s events, in this case, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974. 1971 We arrived in Hong Kong on August 15, 1971 with Typhoon Rose. It took us a while to come to terms with Hong …

Cultural Memories, 1966-1971

Events that crossed my radar and memories, these many years later. This effort is aided and abetted by reviewing Wikipedia’s listings of each year’s events, in this case, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971. These five years, as I aged from 8 to 13 in Florida and New Jersey, were pivotal in forming my personality, memories and tastes. …