The Gift

The Gift

The Gift “Young people need something stable to hang on to — a culture connection,a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all,they need what grandparents can give them.” Jay Kesler My good friend Matt Davis told me a story a long...
The Flashlight

The Flashlight

The Flashlight “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” George A. Sheehan On one of our many Model A trips, we went to Monument Valley in Arizona, as described previously in...
Grandpa and the Pig

Grandpa and the Pig

Grandpa and the Pig “Home is not a place, it’s a feeling.” Cecelia Ahern When my sister, Mary Ellen, got her first house, it was in a part of town where all of the properties were set up like little farms. She had a small house toward the front of...
Life Is Good

Life Is Good

Life is Good “Do What You Love. Love What You Do.” The Life is Good Company This is my mom and dad, Harry and Mary Frazee, in their element. Their passion was buying, restoring, collecting, and selling antiques. They absolutely loved it, and everyone in...
The Last Buzzcut

The Last Buzzcut

The Last Buzzcut “The trick is growing up without growing old.” Casey Stengel This is one of the last photos of me with a buzzcut, or what was known back then as a butch. We were up at my aunt and uncle’s cabin, and my cousins Stephen and Rory and I went into Reno for...