mumby road
  • Two years
    My mom died September 1, 2022: 4 months and 4 days shy of her 99th birthday.
    I think of her and Dad all the time. The best is when they're in my dreams.
    Color photo of an old woman with white hair and an active expression

  • RER

    Eight years since my dad died. It’s so great when he’s in one of my dreams.

  • Maggie
    As an adult, my family has had three dogs. Sweet, sweet Maggie (officially, Margaret Rose) was the first.

    Early Maggie (and early kids):
    Three kids and and a sweet dog

    Late Maggie:
    A sweet dog

  • CER
    Woman in a white and patterned dress and sunglasses standing in a Brooklyn street with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background.

    My favorite Brooklynite.

  • save family photos

    My dad, cousin, and sister, circa 1990. (I’m guessing). I love this pic. Nice sweater(?), sis!

    An older man, a middle-aged man, and a younger woman at a picnic.
  • Who? Hoot.
  • Christmas scenes 2023

  • ewr (1923-2022)

    Old sepia-toned photo of a happy little girl in a wagon holding a parasol. Today, this little girl would have been 100 years old.

  • FOTB
    A few days late, but having happy Father-of-the-Bride memories from 1-year-plus-a-few-days ago. It's a great thing to like your sons-in-law. Nay & Cait. Bride and Groom in Brooklyn sharing a 'swoony' kiss
  • Precious

    My true love and our first-born (at Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle, NYC – also precious in its own way!) šŸ“· Mother and grown daughter with their heads together in a golden-glowed NY bar

  • one year

    My mom died a year ago today, three months short of her 99th birthday. She was a time-traveler. Her death is still difficult to get my head around. She was a vibrant, fun, and intelligent woman, and I miss her a lot, even though she was in my life for a long time. Mom and Dad in their prime:

    An elegant mature man and woman, husband and wife.
  • Manly
    "As I get older, I find that I care more and more about being a good man and less and less about career stuff. I think a lot of it is just a product of age. But the fact that Iā€™m the last survivor of the family I grew up in plays a significant part. When my mom passed away last October, the only guide for how I behaved was asking myself how my parents would want me to deal with it..." -- Jonah Goldberg, ["In Defense of Manly Tears," Aug 4, 2023](https://thedispatch.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=7fb8ceb3bd59c7956b1df66729296a4c.1661&nosocial=1) šŸ’¬
  • Happy Birthday to this (T)ACLLEH!
  • june seventh
    Happy Birthday to this one:

    Firstborn.

    Happy Anniversary to these two:

    Miss them.

  • love this photo šŸ¶
  • Always Marry an April Girl | Ogden Nash | šŸŽ‚
    Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
  • PTR
  • Dad and Mom
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  • Cait & Nay

    23 Sept 2023.

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