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Entries from May 2009

Protected: Pat to Ida: 17 April 1944

May 31st, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Rosemarie D’Agostino to Pat: 15 April 1944

May 30th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 12 April 1944 (letter 3)

May 29th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Oh, squat.

May 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Protected: Ed Kiernan to Pat: 12 April 1944

May 27th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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The Arsenal: 26 May 2009

May 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Rain;
The library;
The Dexateens’ Singlewide

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Tags: books · fiction · house · music · self · The Arsenal

Donna Reed’s G.I. Mail

May 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Donna Reed, iconic now as the quintessential mid-20th Century American woman, was also the epitome of the “hometown girl” to many men who served in the armed forces during World War II. Because of her exposure in the movie houses of the time, and also due to the rounds she would make regularly on the U.S.O. Canteen circuit, Ms. Reed was the recipient of hundreds of fan letters from Gobs, Flymen and Marines stationed overseas and on the home front. Her children have recently made the 341 letters to their mother – mostly handwritten – public.

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Tags: Bev & Ande · history · Ida & Pat

Linda Ronstadt c. 1974

May 24th, 2009 · 7 Comments

I either (1) snatched the handbill off of a counter somewhere on or near the campus, (2) took it down off a wall, (3) she (my sister, not Linda) scored it for me, or (4) I just “appropriated” it. I had the “hots” for Linda beginning around this time and on through into college, and it was no secret, so I am putting my money on Number 3.

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Tags: family · music · self

Where Josh Rouse Lives

May 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

You probably zoomed over to read this post because you thought I had started a new career as a stalker of musicians. If that is the case, you would be WRONG.

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Tags: music · TV

Protected: Pat to Ida: 12 April 1944 (letter 2)

May 22nd, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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