Tag: family

• Memoir: A thought experiment concerning Dad (1973-80)

  

  How would my father be doing if he were alive and well today, if he hadn’t died at 59 of bowel cancer? I think Dad might have adapted pretty well to the current culture. Several times, I saw him accommodate powerful changes in mores that happened around him in the 1970s.  A professional adaptation occurred…

  abendelow

  February 5, 2025

  memoir

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• Fantasy dinner: Hello, grandsires (2024)

  Dear Great Grandfathers,  It’s been 120 years since you were in the full force of your manhood, yet all I have of you are a few stories and characterizations left to me from your grandkids, who were my parents.  Please dine with me (presuming your magical embodiment nourishes itself at my favorite French restaurant on…

  abendelow

  October 23, 2024

  Uncategorized

  chicago, family, family-history, fantasy dinner, genealogy, gold coast, grandfathers, history, Johnny Appleseed of American Golf, life, Tom Bendelow, US Civil War, Wabash Ave.