My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end
My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid.
My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college.
My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions.
My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end
My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid.
My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college.
My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions.
My maternal grandmother, who spoiled me rotten, and taught me to play blackjack and swear in Polish
My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end
My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid.
My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college.
My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions.
My maternal grandmother, who spoiled me rotten, and taught me to play blackjack and swear in Polish
My Uncle Frank, who could crack me up with his stories, shared his Pogo books with me, and who served in WWII in Rome.
My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end
My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid.
My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college.
My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions.
My maternal grandmother, who spoiled me rotten, and taught me to play blackjack and swear in Polish
My Uncle Frank, who could crack me up with his stories, shared his Pogo books with me, and who served in WWII in Rome.
My Uncle Jim, who is quiet, always bemused by all the family madness around him, and has the most impressive set of bushy, bristly eyebrows I’ve ever seen.