May 30, 2025

 

Dementia is not unheard of here at Wrinkle World so, when my breakfast partner Roy this morning said he saw me last night, I was momentarily taken aback.  Turns out he had tuned into Ken Kramer at 8 PM and saw an old interview with me. Carry on.

Doug Kvandal '66 is hauling his Hammond organ over to KSDS to help them kick off Pledge Week.  He's supposed to show up at 1 today, but doesn't know for sure what time he'll "tickle the ivories".  (Can you say that about an organ?)  The cool thing is, no matter where in the world you are, you can listen in on your computer -- or cell phone probably.  Click HERE and give a listen.

Holy Crap!  Nobody told ME! I better leap out of this wheelchair and get to work.  I swore I'd never take another job involving money after I volunteered, in 1972, to be the Secretary-Treasurer of the Pacific Beach Town Council.  I thought it meant I'd be the Secretary TO the Treasurer -- not the Secretary AND the Treasurer.

When I quit teaching in 1979 I decided I would get rich publishing airplane postcards like those I remembered from my youth.  This eventually required that I fly back to Washington, DC and look for images at the National Archives, Pentagon, and the Naval History Center.  Luckily my best friend had a gazillion bonus miles with American and his wife refused to get on an airplane.  I flew first class, by the way.  Turns out it wasn't a viable business model.  I was spending hundreds on printing and earning a nickel on each card.  All of which is to say, I NEVER -- in all my research -- came across as gorgeous a shot as the one above that dropped into my lap on Facebook yesterday.  That's a restored F4U Corsair with an NAS Glenview Naval Reserve stripe.  Remember Mr. Peterson at Horace Mann.  He was a "Weekend Warrior".  Carry on.

This is the newest photo, taken last week, on the "South on 101 at Torrey Pines Beach" page.  Click HERE to back the "back story" on this shot, and tip-toe back through history with the photos.

Sadly, it looks into the sun causing pesky shadows, but I think you'll enjoy perusing this 1967 aerial of San Diego State.  Click HERE to check out an enlargement.  (Yes I DID make it extra large for your viewing pleasure)

Looks like a hammer was my first real project in Mr. Nelson's Metal Shop class at Horace Mann in 1958.  As I recall it was a little thing my girlfriend could put on a chain and wear around her neck.  Oh -- like I had a girlfriend in 8th Grade.  Click HERE to for an enlargement.

Bob Richardson '61 sends word of the passing of his classmate Fred Cairns.  Fred's wife said Fred died of a stroke this past week.  When Dave LeMay appointed me to the original Crawford Foundation I had the pleasure of working with Fred's sister Betsy Cairns Chamberlain.