Tag Archives: reminisce
The best Christmas present of all time
Two things came up recently which spurred me to write a blog post one year sooner than I originally planned. The first thing is that I created a new website called Break Into Chat, which hosts a wiki about the … Continue reading
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Tagged atari, christmas, jaguar, reminisce, technology
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Love, baseball and losses
There’s something about that first love. Or maybe it’s that first loss. I remember a girl I loved, and the spark of hope that burned in me until the day I found out there was no chance, that she would … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, love, memory, reminisce, st. louis cardinals
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England: Nan’s birth home
My Nan grew up in Wellingborough, England. Last week I got to see her childhood home, and today we went to her birth home in order to shoot a short little video. (Nan’s brother, Uncle Raymond, jokingly claims she was … Continue reading
The Current passes swiftly
Ten years ago I was swept away by the current. Make that The Current. Time’s swift flow always catches me off-guard. Was it that long ago that I was using a wax machine to paste strips of paper onto pageboards? … Continue reading
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Tagged history, josh, photos, reminisce, st. louis post-dispatch, the current, umsl, video
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Cub reporter
From the vaults of the Renaud Empire, I bring you a recently-unearthed journalistic gem. What is it? It’s Josh Renaud interviewing his father, Joe Renaud, sometime in the early 1990s for a school project. You’ve GOT to give it a … Continue reading
Dallas Times-Herald Classifieds at 748-1414…
Advertising often sticks with us in powerful ways, whether we want it to or not. I have always had a mind for jingles, and I can remember a lot of old commercials and songs. But it has always struck me … Continue reading
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Edwin A. Richter, we won’t forget you
It was almost two years ago that I got in touch with Ed Richter. He was a first cousin to my great-grandpa Frank Becker. At that time I had made a lot of progress in developing my Becker family tree. … Continue reading
Dad’s 50th
This year was my dad’s 50th birthday. My mom began making big plans for it ahead of time. The centerpiece of her plans were to have a golf outing for my dad which would involve he and his brothers, as … Continue reading
Family, food, history
Family history isn’t all dusty books and blurry microfilms. Lately, I have re-discovered salsiccia. Salsiccia is an Italian sausage. My memory of it is that my Grandpa Renaud would always cook it as part of his big Christmas breakfast spread … Continue reading
Uncle Bill
My great-uncle Bill (William) George died this morning. I didn’t know him very well, but the times I remember meeting him, I liked him. I remember once visiting his house in Arkansas probably when I was in my teens. Turns … Continue reading
