1988 World Series Ticket
1988 World Series Ticket
Originally uploaded by rlweisman
Just a token from the game. Who knew that 20 years later, the Dodgers wouldn’t be anywhere near a World Series…
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Speaking of Future Recollections…
I haven’t seen the place where Lucille lived last. Apparently it is some sort of senior living situation, either an assisted care facility or a straight out convalescent home.
The last time we visited her in Hemet was almost 20 years ago, and at the time she lived in a little sandstone cottage that was [...]
Preconceived Notions
I typically get a certain picture in my head of a person or place I haven’t seen before. For example, as I waited for the Sears repairman last week, I expected him to be small, wiry with a friendly but uncommitted demeanor — in other words, a nicer and slightly more useful incarnation of the [...]
New York Times Feature “Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain”
Today’s Science Times section (my favorite section of The New York Times) has an article titled Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain.
While older brains may seem less acute than whippersnapper brains, they apparently have a much better ability to absorb and process information better than the baby brains and can view words, ideas, [...]
The Lucille Conundrum
Lucille died of pneumonia last week. After my mom’s father died, she moved to Hemet, California, to be near her sister and her friend Virginia, but her sister died almost 15 years ago, and Virginia moved to Florida a few years after that.
Lucille was cremated, and her ashes were sent to somewhere in Orange County. “Why Orange County?” I asked my mom.
“I don’t know why Orange County,” my mom said. She repeated the last three words as I did.
“What does it matter?” I heard my dad say in the background.*