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The Proposal: The sea was not angry that day, but it was a snowy Saturday night in mid-January, 1972. I had a dinner date with my girl friend at Paul Young’s which was an upscale restaurant on Connecticut Avenue in DC. Here’s a bit of trivia: Almost to the date eleven years earlier former Ambassador
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Ah, my honeymoon. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Nah, just kidding about the “worst” part, although there were a few bumps along the way. The honeymoon started with a late afternoon flight on one of those newly fancy 747’s to San Francisco. This was the first leg of
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1. Is that when you became a ladies’ man? No, but it is when I reached puberty. 2. Did you consider not going to college? No, but others did, specifically the priests and nuns at St. Patrick’s church and school who were convinced that my destiny was the priesthood. I probably would have been able
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I have been blessed to have so many “best” days that it’s hard to decide upon one. Also, if I describe only one, it limits my weekly enjoyment of responding to random questions from anonymous sources and leaves me with a gap in how to kill time.. The first best day I can remember occurred
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Joan was very popular in her high school years, playing the clarinet in the school band, singing in the church choir, winning the title of Prom Queen, being designated as the Belle of the Class of 1957, and hanging out with her close girl friends at our house and down on Main Avenue. And she
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Gosh, this is a tough one. Surely, there must be so many selfless acts, but most of which I’ve probably subconsciously chosen to forget. Let’s see. At the urging (nay insistence) (nay threat) of another I had a vasectomy. Does that count? As I look back over my life, which this question forces me to
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I cannot finish this compilation of stories, responses and bad jokes without paying tribute to my wife. Many of the events and segments of my life which I described in previous chapters predated the time I first met Claudia. I have discussed our cross country trip, courtship, wedding, and honeymoon. Following that we had 42
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Since I am of 100% Irish descent it certainly is a day to celebrate my heritage, and that I have done throughout my pre-pandemic life. It also is a day on which I experience a sense of pride because folks of so many other cultures, ethnicities, and ancestries join in the celebration, the camaraderie, the
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Well, I predict that as good as life has been for me it’s only going to get better. Especially if I can accomplish the remaining 10 items on my bucket list, which are: Become a scholar Umpire a baseball game at any level Ride a hot air balloon Start a second family, aiming for 3
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Hello Dad: I’ve been asked what I would want to ask or tell you if I could have 5 minutes with you. We haven’t had a conversation in 46 years and I have a helluva lot of questions for you. I can’t otherwise get the answers, because everyone else who might know them is dead.
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