“That’s Patches!” I said and pointed at a black and white, 80 year old brittle photograph. “And that’s Dan!” I said pointing at another. My husband was incredulous. How did I know the names of horses in these photographs? Then when I exclaimed that I remember the day when she bought those pants read the…
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Kwolek
Emily Kwolek is Babu’s actual name. Well, that’s her maiden name and it hasn’t been that for about seventy five years. Kwolek is her father’s name. I always refer to him as Dziadziu. When my husband and his sisters were young, their great grandparents were still around. Her parents were already called the Polish words…
Meet the Joneses!
Weekend in Vermont with her friend Ernie was something Babu would never forget. I wrote about these passages a few days ago: Saturday, April 23rd, 1938 Ernie and I boarded the 12:40 train and got into Bellow’s Falls at three. We and Mrs. Jones went to the sports show. Harland and Chet came up in…
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