August Memories
- 1997- my mother wakes me up to tell me, “Princess Di died. She didn’t make it.” Her voice is filled with sadness. Her body is emaciated from her own losing battle with cancer. “Can you believe it,” she continues, “I’ve outlived Linda McCartney and now Princess Di. Who would have thought it.”?
- Beach House rentals on Long Beach Island- 1971, 1972, 1973
- Expo 67- Montreal’s World Fair
- Lazy afternoons, laying on the beach and thinking about what bars to go to in the cool evening.
- August 5, 1962- Root Beer Day. This day would become our family holiday.
- August 6, 1962- we moved into our house in Overbrook, PA
- 1969- "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” said Neil Armstrong as I watched take that historic step on the moon. I thought I would burst with pride.
- 1977- I earned my BS from Penn State University.
- 1973- I worked at Hartman’s Amusement Park as a cashier clerk (a dreadful job).
- 1988- I moved to Stroudsburg, PA to work at Stroudsburg High School.
- 1974- Richard Nixon resigned. We sit in front of the TV and watch our president as he fumbles for words to explain away his bad behavior. I watch with horror at this man’s loss of dignity, integrity and sincerity disinigrate right before us.
- French fried lobster dinners at Howard’s Restaurant on Lon Beach Island, NJ
- The monarch butterflies begin their migration south at the end of the month. They would fly pass our home all week and my mother spoke to as many of them as she could.
- 2016- Red Rock Amphitheatre- Colorado
2018- Little League World Series Game: Japan vs Caribbean
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