Recycling Hindsight

Meet the Corys

The Bompie, as I am better known.

The MeMe as I am known!!

Terry S: I can mentally regress to my birth-town, Minot ND, and the early summer day my dad took me to the railroad station where the elephants unloaded animals and tents from two Barnum & Bailey circus trains…then progressing with pomp and fanfare in single file to the fairgrounds where the roughnecks were assembling the breakfast tent. I was ten years old and my Dad, a newspaper man, had privileges in introducing me to performers, Senator Bill Langer, and some of the smarter animals.
My boyhood activities included , getting free weiners from the Eatmore Sausage Co. crawling beneath the bleachers at the local football field looking for money, and shooting rats at the local dump behind Minot State Teachers College where my mother worked s a secretary.
My teen years grew without real direction, I had my first car at 14, joined Jr NRA at 15, ran a skating rink at 16, graduated valedictorian from Model High School I took a hobotrip riding rails out west and back, and became smitten by ham radio as I transitioned into college…I owe this to Keith Sorensen because in case these revelations cause the authorities or the IRS to come running, I.don’t want to go to jail alone.
My college years embraced engineering, first at North Dakota State U for BSEE and MSEE degrees and later at Stanford U for the EE degree. In between I served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps and toured Europe, riding the Orient Express. But in there, at age 24, I met and married a Norweigen girl who has set me straight while rocking my world for many years. We have two native Californians for children…one of each, now in Florida and Cedar Rapids/Dallas.

Mary L: I am small town USA,teacher by trade, and NORWEIGAN! Attended Luther College in Decorah,IA,and by marriage have lived in Palo Alto,CA, Plano , Dallas,TX, MN, and Iowa. My husband is smart and serious and I am sensible!! He is a writer and I am a lover of beauty and escape boredom by gardening and decorating my 1910 Bed and Bath style home in Palatka,FL..I would LOVE to give my two kids,7 grands and 4 greats lots of old gal wisdom, you know, like ( recycle, less is more, don’t Postpone Joy! AND don’t Borrow Trouble!, blah,blah blah!! Now, for the meat and potatoes of me..I am totally a believer of being joyous at all times, smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone!!

Now, Palatka Florida is my(our) home, hopefully a magnet to attract our seven grandchildren, and for sure our four great grandchildren, the oldest of which, Gabby, is now driving, taking college courses, and scoring a 29 on as ACT English test as a highschool freshman..