The Escalator Adventures
Carolyn was two and a half years old when she, Mother and Dad went to the Kaufman’s Department Store in Pittsburgh to go shopping. The ten-story building loomed over her at the intersection of Fifth […]
First Playmates
Carolyn’s childhood was filled with change. From birth to age twelve she moved nine times from Pittsburgh, PA to between Charleston, WV and Huntington, WV, living in nine different houses. This was challenging for Carolyn, […]
Summers on the Farm with Grandmother and Granddaddy Brown
In 1933, Mother and Dad went to the Chicago World’s Fair for a few days. It was the first time they left Carolyn alone with Grandmother and Granddaddy Brown at the farm. A visit to […]
The Broken Arm
It was August of 1936, a month before Carolyn was to start school. The air was cool against her cheeks, and the ground was wet after a big rain. Following the storm Carolyn asked to […]
Summer 1938 – New England Road Trip with Mother & Dad
Highlights of the trip at 8 years old In the 20s, Dad and Mother would take trips and go tent camping, imagine a Model-T type car and those 1920s roads. When they had a baby […]
Summer 1939 – Petoskey, Michigan
Mother and Dad their best friends Norma & Benny Hutton and their daughter Patty went to Petoskey. We stayed in cabins on Lake Michigan. Patty and I went along the beach and picked up Petoskey […]
The Shell Dolls & Susie Giles
In 1941, when I was 11, my mother Ruth and dad, Abe, went on a 2 week summer road trip vacation to Florida. They drove down the east coast through St. Augustine to Miami, where I