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Introduction<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are narratives about my own life, from as far back as I remember to present, and some essays on themes I develop on this site through the many “links and comments” pages. The memoir essays overlap the family history<\/a> essays somewhat. There are also some sidebar essays (posted as blog posts) about various special interests along the way, or things I’ve concluded about the world.<\/p>\n

I realize there’s not likely much of an audience for these memoirs, even among my relatives. At the same time, I<\/em> would have been interested in such stories about my<\/em> ancestors \u2014 but aside from my father\u2019s photo slides, I have no clue, no documents or narratives, of what their lives were like, my father’s, my mother’s, my uncle’s, my grandparents’ \u2014 what they thought, what the world was like in 1950 or 1900. So even if no one cares about me,<\/em> perhaps my relatives, or anyone else who finds this site, will find the photos and essays here of some interest.<\/p>\n

Memoirs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n