Category Archives: Family
The End of an Old Family Myth
It was the summer of 1978. I had just graduated from high school and was looking forward to starting college as a film major, something that never panned out. In August the bakery closed two weeks for our annual vacation, … Continue reading
Phyllis June Grant Peterson – A Brief Autobiography
My Mom was a member of the St. Augustine Altrusa Club. Yesterday, in going through my old files, I came across the January 1978 issue of “The St. Augustine Altrusan.” My Mom was the Member of the Month and had … Continue reading
Stop Fugiting, You Damn Tempus!
It has been almost two years since I posted anything on the Althing blog. Shame on me. Of course I have my candy ass excuses, but I will spare you. No I won’t. Since my last posting I went through … Continue reading
Mrs. Stones
Bonnie and Grant have been out of town a couple weeks, attending graduations up north. I miss them, but have taken advantage of the time to clean up the office. Today I am going through my files. Most folks wouldn’t … Continue reading
A Little Excitement
Bonnie and Grant went down to Cocoa Beach last week to visit with her sister and her family. They really wanted me to come down for the weekend. I was thinking they had to check out on Saturday, and the … Continue reading
Memorial Day 2011
In my hometown of St. Augustine, Florida, there is a VFW post named for Sgt. Bryan Tutten. Here is what their site says: “Sgt. Bryan Joseph Tutten, 33, of St. Augustine, died Christmas Day 2007 in Tikrit, Iraq, after … Continue reading
Vacation 1966 – Wisconsin
Back in 2007, I started a Wikispaces page called “Collective Memory” in hopes that family would take advantage of it to create a sort of family memoir. It didn’t really work out very well, as most of the family were … Continue reading