
My dad just found a drawing by his older sister, Ida, who was a very good artist. We know her work as oil paintings, so this drawing was a nice surprise. (1978) I think we only have three of her works, which is sad because she was very prolific.

My dad just found a drawing by his older sister, Ida, who was a very good artist. We know her work as oil paintings, so this drawing was a nice surprise. (1978) I think we only have three of her works, which is sad because she was very prolific.























I made room on my premier bookshelf for my most precious cobra, that my brother bought me in Mexico in 1978. It should have been on this shelf many years ago!



A family photo from 1906. My grandma, who passed away in 1983, in front-center, born in 1888.
My great-great-step- grandfather died after a hit-and-run in Minnesota.
Helen, my grandma’s sister (on the right), died as a young woman from a doctor’s mistake.


1979 • I was fortunate to have a big brother that did cool stuff like this.
