THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST Christmas 1975
A little scaled-down from previous Christmases, not like I cared then. Stockings and associated piles go from L-R Tommy, Bobby and me. Took a look at a few of the things I dawdled over i[…]
THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST Christmas 1974
One Christmas (not sure which) I received the General Electric Show ‘N Tell, a filmstrip-viewer/turntable that looked like a bright red television set. One time when I was bored, I[…]
1974 appears to be the dividing line between the recognizable and the void in my life. The earliest memory I can attach a date to is Bobby’s birthday in October, and there are memo[…]
THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST Christmas 1973
L-R: Me(?); Nanny, Grandpa, Mom This time you can click on the pic to get a higher-res image, not that it’ll do much good here. Save for the Santa pic, all of the earlier pictures […]
L-R: Tommy, Bobby It’s a pretty safe bet that everything you see in this photo is probably in a landfill somewhere.’ OK, now that I’ve gotten the sweeping statement out[…]
THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST Christmas 1972
L-R: Bobby, Dad Dad is thirty-two here, a year younger than I am now, yet eternally a leap ahead of me. However old I get, I will always look at this photo and see someone my senior. Oth[…]
L-R: Nanny, Mom, Uncle John Nanny wasn’t anyone’s nanny but my maternal grandmother; likewise, Uncle John was my maternal great-uncle. Grandpa (maternal grandfather) and Aun[…]
L-R: Bobby, me. Weeks of preparation. Several hundred dollars spent on presents. Two hours of sleep. And after all that fussing towards perfection, you get what every parent wants to se[…]
Bobby looks very solemn with his Snoopy pajamas and Bicentennial kitsch drum, but sooner rather than later that drum’s gonna a receive a whack too hard and off to the trash it goes[…]
THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST December 1972
L-R: Tommy, me, Santa Claus, Bobby.’ You may have already laughed at the family’s next (and, unsurprisingly, last) mall Santa photo. Man, what happened to my beautiful blonde […]