Category Archives: Childhood

The room was long and thin with windows that covered three full sides. I guess it could be called a sun room although it was referred to as the den… on a winter’s afternoon the path of the sun thru … Continue reading →

When I was a kid I slept anywhere… at anytime. I would run around non-stop, going hither and yon, inventing imaginary games against imaginary adversaries… and when the physical activity or mental exercise exhausted me… I would curl up somewhere … Continue reading →

I know that I was young.  I know that I was sitting at the dining room table with my family.  The fact that we were in the dining room meant that it was a special dinner of some sort, since … Continue reading →

In 1960 the Yale Varsity Football team went undefeated and untied.  I saw every game. That year in a quirk of scheduling every game was played in the Bowl save the final game at Harvard (which my Dad took me … Continue reading →