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, 1975 and 1976. 1975 As 1975 started, I was in 11th grade in Hong Kong and had just met Barb but we were not yet dating. I was …
Bourbon (Bourbie) was Louise and Fred’s dog, a very cute Shelty mixed with Golden Retriever that they got shortly after arriving back in Virginia in 1976. Louise doted on Bourbie, putting weights on her ears as a puppy so they would bend just so, and squirting her with perfume most days. Bourbie was a great …
Photos from my album “For My Babe’s Anniversary: The Continuation of the Story So Far” and Barb’s untitled albums covering the same period. After leaving Hong Kong in August, 1976, and before heading to Georgetown, I went down to Miami to visit Laurie, David and their new daughter, Maggie. Barb was able to join us …
This post is based on an album I put together in 1976 or so called “Bill – The Story So Far.” I have other pictures from Hong Kong in my with-Barb days, 1974-76, but these are what was in that particular album. I will find some way to collate others as I come across them. …
Once I got to college, summers opened up and there was the prospect of internships. Pretty much the whole time I was in college I viewed it as a sort of minimum security prison sentence — a period you had to get through in order to actually start working and making money. I was always …
For the purposes of posterity, though not necessarily pride, here is a summary of the votes I’ve made over the years for President of the United States. 2024: Trump vs. Harris. Count me in the minority of Americans who thought Joe Biden did a pretty good job as president. On the other hand, despite all …