by Jeff Slater | Mar 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Both of my daughters broke their arms within two weeks of each other in 1988. Casting a Memory: Sarah and Fanny 1988 In the summer of 1988, when Sarah was 7 and Fanny was 3, they both had accidents that caused them to get casts. Fortunately, neither girl had...
by Jeff Slater | Mar 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
While searching for a scissor in a sewing kit, I discovered my name.Jeffrey Slater Name Tags from 1961Actually, what I discovered were old name tags. As a child, my mother would sew my name tag into my summer camp clothing, since we all wore the same blue or white...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Like most people, I don’t like going to the dentist.People often say after some bad experience that it was terrible….like pulling teeth. You try and get your kids to do what you want them to do or to persuade your boss to follow a different path. Pulling teeth is...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
Poppa George used to tell the joke (over and over) that his parents were in the iron and steel business. His mother ironed and his father would steal. I arrived at college in the fall of 1972 thirsty for...
by Jeff Slater | Feb 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
I have been wrestling with this story for a long time. When I was a ten years old, I remember going to a birthday party at The Newark Armory. We went to see a wrestling match featuring some of the legends of that time (1964). The star of the show was Bruno Sammartino...
