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...
Good Times

Good Times

Good Times “We don’t remember days, we remember moments.” Cesare Pavese The quote above is true. I don’t remember anything about this day, but I remember well the moments surrounding this picture. I was six or seven; that’s me on the bottom. My...
The Barbecue

The Barbecue

The Barbecue “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Mark Twain Aunt Mary and Uncle Jack lived in La Cañada, near Pasadena. Aunt Dolores and Uncle John lived right behind them, one street over. When we were...