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The Idlewild Debutantes of 1951
Dallas’ deb season officially begins this weekend. When I say the “season”, I mean the traditional season that’s been around since 1884 before there was La Fiesta de las Seis Bandera and the Dallas...
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Miss Priss and Her Brother
Way back when we believed in Santa Claus. Dressed up like dolls. If we don’t look ecstatic to see Santa, it’s because Win and I learned early on not to take him very seriously. Not once did he ever...
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Spending Time with My Buddy Bubba
This photo of Bubba was taken on August 22, 2012. I am losing my little Bubba. After many excruciating tests, it has been determined that Bubba has an extremely aggressive form of cancer. Tomorrow we...
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Bubba Bell (2003 – 2012)
Bubba’s first formal photograph Sweet dreams my little boy. Letting you go was the only way I could make you feel better. Bertha and I will miss you terribly. (above) Bubba posing last year just after...
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Meet the Twins
Beulah at 20 weeks on the left and Brewster at 18 weeks on the right. These two joined our family at the first of January. Since losing Bubba, I had tried twice to adopt a frenchie, but was turned down...
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A Serious Conversation with the Man
“Seriously… I can’t believe you’re blaming me. And that’s not what you think it is on my nose.” Me: “Why do I bother buying you wonderful chew toys when you obviously prefer sharpening your skills on...
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For Veterans Day
Journey’s End: A History of the 657 Engineer Topographic Battalion, March 1944 – November 1945 is a booklet we found while sorting through our parents’ estate before selling the family home. It’s not...
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From Uniform to Tails
My father, Edwin Sharpe Bell, squiring an Idlewild debutante in the late 1940s or perhaps 1950. It definitely looks like an awkward moment for my father. He looks so very debonair on the outside, but...
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Riding the Wave
Pop, my paternal grandfather, surfing in Hawaii, sometime in 1911. I have no idea if this is good surfing form. Probably not. Before the world went mad in 1914, my grandfather as a young man, with...
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Bertha Bell (2006 — 2020)
Sweet dreams, my little sweet potato. You were so loved, and I will miss you so very much. I was so lucky to have you in my life and will always love you and cherish your memory. Till we meet again…...
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