Except for holidays and special occasions we ate in the breakfast nook. There were 7 of us, four kids, parents and Grandpa. The bench on my side of the table held four and three on the other side. Since I was the youngest I got squished at the end by the window and left out of most conversation...
I usually don't eat anything between 8 PM and noon. I have two meds to take on an empty stomach and not together so the morning can drag on. A couple of meds need a full meal or risk burning a hole in my gut which has happened so I eat a lot of creamy foods.
In spite of this I have been losing...
Back in the day we would spend time at a public ocean beach in Westhampton Beach before it became such a posh tourist place. And I remember a Chas Addams mural in a place called the Dune Deck. I thought it was a real find. I read it has been moved to Penn State.
I thought Cousin Itt was Addams Family and I checked. The character was created for the 1964 television series. I have some (well at least one left) coffee table Addams family books from the 50s and Itt was not in them.
When I was a young woman looking for a job I basically had two choices: Go west to NYC or go east to the atomic laboratory. I landed a better job at the lab and I am so thankful. I worked with people from all over the world and began to realize how much we had in common.