Stories from Jeannie Peck
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A Warm Memory of Cold Winter N
ca - mid-1930s Although Marilyn, Buddy and Jeannie were only summertime “country kids”, there were occasions during the colder months ...
About A Delightful Book
I had intended at the outset to write a one-paragraph book review. But upon further consideration, decided, “Oh, what the hell”. And so,...
Charlie and whitey, the Rooste
Circa 1939 Charlie arrived home on a lovely late Summer Friday afternoon. There was a gentle breeze and it was not too hot. He decided it wo...
Charlie DeMar Stories - Part 1
(ca 1937) When you come right down to it, sometimes a most ordinary man can be at the same time, a most remarkable man. The following stori...
Communicating In The 1940s
She awoke, startled, to an unfamiliar sound. The clock on the nightstand read 3:20. There was that sound again. Something was hitting agains...
Do You Want To Know What Makes
“Do you want to know what makes me laugh?” Jeanne Peck asked, wielding a sheet of paper. “This makes me laugh” and she proceeded to ...
Lament for a Rose-Colored Tren
The year: 1945 or so. The place: The Bronx, New York. A strange phenomenon was taking place. Throngs of otherwise quiet, well-behaved, obe...
Movie “Give-Away” Nights
During the Depression Years of the 1930’s ordinary working-class folks (no matter the color of the collar) had very little left in the bud...
Patsy, Tony and Marilyn’s Li
Among Charlie’s many and varied friends were Patsy and Tony, who owned a Bar and Grille down in Golden’s Bridge. At one point, for some ...