> From: Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl> > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:59:42 -0600 > > On this date in 1969 man set foot on the moon. When my father > was a boy growing > up on Asylum Street in Hartford Ct, they lived across the > street from the Fire > House. On Saturday mornings Dad would climb out onto the fire > escape to watch > the fire horses drill at the fire station across the street. > Dad also watched > Neil Armstrong land on the moon. Between those two events almost > a hundred > million people died in European Wars, two atomic bombs were > dropped, a Great > Depression was survived, he married Flora Kerwin and they adopted > my sister > Bhavani and me. Teddy Roosevelt was shot, FDR was shot at, > Harry Truman > was shot at, JFK was shot and killed, Bobby Kennedy was shot > and killed, MLK > was shot and killed, Malcolm X was shot and killed. Through it > all Dad and Mom > lived lives of commitment to their families and other loved ones, > Dad never > took a drink and my mother lived a life of moderation...except > when she and my > wife got drunk in London in a bar across the street from > Buckingham Place and > I had a hell of a time getting them back to the place where > we were staying in > Shakespeare country. > > > On Jul 20, 2016, at 9:32 PM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote: > > I don't see anything he wrote. > > > >> On Wed, 20 Jul 2016, Bhavani wrote: > >> Jim wrote this on FB.