Now the question was how to get from Washington state to Philly. Both Mom and Pop were fed up with trains and Mom wanted no part of airliners, not after seeing this ad -> Mom thought a bus might be nice. You could meet some interesting people on a bus. But Pop was a do-it-yourself […]
Month: December 2021
In 1944 in Europe the Allies were finding out that Italy was a “soft underbelly” only when defended by Italians. When defended by Germans it was anything but. In the Pacific we were learning of the existence of places like Kwajalein and Eniwetok. In Philly Mom was thinking, why let Pop have all the fun? […]
Once upon a time in 1938, on the 5400 block of Regent Street in West Philadelphia, during a game of two-hand touch, a girl named Tessie offered to teach Pop how to kiss. Pop, fourteen going on ten, declined. Tessie said if he changed his mind he should come to a party at her house […]
I will try to tell this story accurately without my customary embellishments. I had an uncle, Henry Wise. Called him Uncle Hen. He was married to Aunt Lovey. If you picture Archie and Edith Bunker you’d be spot on, except Uncle Hen was less subtle than Archie. Uncle Hen was one of those guys who […]
Jacky ran down the street shouting that everyone should come to his house to see his new television. I had only a vague idea what television was – sort of radio with pictures. I liked radio. Both our clock and radio were on a shelf in the living room. The first time I could tell […]
In 1959, when I was 15, we moved from Philly to Tampa, Florida. I opposed this move vehemently on the grounds of Carol who lived on Ithan Street, between Chester and Springfield Avenues. We’d been together almost a year. We held hands, made out. I learned about blue balls from Carol. Epididymal hypertension. Dare you […]