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On Commuting
On Commuting Living in Pleasantville, New York, meant commuting to work via The New York Central Railroad to Grand Central Station six da...
Poliomyelitis Experience
It was the summer of 1943. Poliomyelitis was rampant across the U.S. Grace Hospital in Hutchinson KS established a whole floor to accommoda...
A Warm Memory of Cold Winter N
ca - mid-1930s Although Marilyn, Buddy and Jeannie were only summertime “country kids”, there were occasions during the colder months ...
About A Delightful Book
I had intended at the outset to write a one-paragraph book review. But upon further consideration, decided, “Oh, what the hell”. And so,...
Charlie and whitey, the Rooste
Circa 1939 Charlie arrived home on a lovely late Summer Friday afternoon. There was a gentle breeze and it was not too hot. He decided it wo...
Charlie DeMar Stories - Part 1
(ca 1937) When you come right down to it, sometimes a most ordinary man can be at the same time, a most remarkable man. The following stori...
Communicating In The 1940s
She awoke, startled, to an unfamiliar sound. The clock on the nightstand read 3:20. There was that sound again. Something was hitting agains...
Do You Want To Know What Makes
“Do you want to know what makes me laugh?” Jeanne Peck asked, wielding a sheet of paper. “This makes me laugh” and she proceeded to ...
Health care delivery in the ea
Any child in the New York City neighborhood in which I grew up would have had to be very sick indeed to have been taken to a Doctor’s offi...
Jenny, The Mister & the Christ
Ca 1925 – or so This is one of those well-worn, beloved family stories (all families have them) that is, with great relish, oft-repeated ...
Lament for a Rose-Colored Tren
The year: 1945 or so. The place: The Bronx, New York. A strange phenomenon was taking place. Throngs of otherwise quiet, well-behaved, obe...
A Little Girl Celebrates Chris
It was 7 AM Christmas morning. A light snow had fallen during the candlelight service the evening before — just enough to look like Christ...