Miss Addie: the conversational chameleon
My mother had many great qualities but one that always fascinated me was her innate ability to adjust to the audience. Miss Addie had …
Miss Addie
Today is the 10th Anniversary of my mother’s passing. Miss Addie was, as they say, a pistol. She, like her sister, my beloved Aunt …
Cemetery Stones for Mom
My dear Uncle, Ralph Ned Dodge, who passed at 92, was a very faithful cemetery visitor. One day, he complained to me that someone …
Safety in Bolivar
Shortly after my father’s passing, I was in Venezuela with Miss Addie (I spent most of my time trying to see the six miles …
Here kitty, kitty!
I was just speaking with my girlfriend, Peg Flanders, who lived next to us in Syracuse, and we got laughing over this Mom Story. …
The Iceman’s Baby
My mother had a brilliant sense of humour. Nothing … no one was safe. My father saw me when I was two days old …
Green Pork Chops
My Irish mom learned to cook West Indian from my dad’s mother. You would be totally amazed at how many items can be curried. …
Gas from the Wishing Well
Like so many things from childhood, it was a good fourty years before I told this one to Miss Addie. I do believe that …
NYS Fair
For about fifty years of my life and many years more for my parents, the New York State Fair was on our list of …
An aide for Addie
Sometimes when we speak, our intent is quite different from what comes across. As noted, Miss Addie has been on my mind a lot. …