Mom and my grandpa H, at her wedding, 1964.

Mom and my grandpa H, at her wedding, 1964.

They didn’t give my aunt K. a shirt, but they did give her an accordion.
That’s my dad, with fisticuffs.

They didn’t give my aunt K. a shirt, but they did give her an accordion.

That’s my dad, with fisticuffs.

This is the only known photo I have of my dad in a dress — not to mention, psychotic makeup. I’d like to chalk it up to doing A Midsummer Night’s Dream or something, but I just. don’t. know.

This is the only known photo I have of my dad in a dress — not to mention, psychotic makeup. I’d like to chalk it up to doing A Midsummer Night’s Dream or something, but I just. don’t. know.

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A few years after my grandfather quit his office job in the Hartford and moved to a farm in rural Connecticut, he lounged in the hay with my dad. Circa 1943.

A few years after my grandfather quit his office job in the Hartford and moved to a farm in rural Connecticut, he lounged in the hay with my dad. Circa 1943.

Mom in Nova Scotia, 1964.

Mom in Nova Scotia, 1964.

That’s my dad in the red jacket, giggling.

That’s my dad in the red jacket, giggling.

1942. The beautiful one married into our red-headed, jug-eared family.

1942. The beautiful one married into our red-headed, jug-eared family.

My grandmother trying, and failing, to ski with the dogs, Thunder and Lightning, in the 1940s.

My grandmother trying, and failing, to ski with the dogs, Thunder and Lightning, in the 1940s.

Caught mid-snowman, my dad and aunt K, circa 1947. Love her coat.

Caught mid-snowman, my dad and aunt K, circa 1947. Love her coat.

My grandmother taking a winter walk with the dogs Thunder and Lightning, circa 1942.

My grandmother taking a winter walk with the dogs Thunder and Lightning, circa 1942.