COUNTRIES VISITED BY RUSSELL MOZAMBIQUE UAE AZERBAIJAN FOURTH Go to MOZAMBIQUE they said. Go there, work there, we pay you… oh, and also… get malaria while you are there. I imagine it’s possible that Russ also visited other countries located near the ones listed here, meaning I didn’t have to use the FOURTH option but…

TEACHERS THAT SUFFERED THROUGH ≥ 1 SIBLING/GEN NOT “HASSLE,” BUT… NOT “HARRY,” BUT… NOT “100 PENNIES,” BUT 1… NOT “DONE,” BUT… Mr. Haskell (NOT HASSLE) taught math at NKHS starting there in 1966. He was still there when I graduated in the late 70s (I had him for at least one year of algebra). I…

TWO-LETTER ABBRV OF SOME STATES WE LIVE/LIVED IN VT NH NJ NV Catherine and Sam live in VT (Vermont). Matt and Lindsay live in NH (New Hampshire). Rick, Leanne, and Emmy live in NJ (New Jersey). Brian and Beata currently live in – and Isaac lived, until recently, in NV (Nevada). TWO-LTR ABBRV – TOWNS/CITIES…

SOME OF GIL’S SIBLINGS CAROL JUDY HARRY/MIKE CHARLES Below is a photo of Gil (standing on the right) with siblings Harry (the happy chap standing on the left), and Jack (seated) holding Judy. The photo below features Gil’s siblings, (L-R) Judy, Carol, and Dick standing with their father, Cliff Kenyon. In the photo below, probably…

SHARES NAME(S) WITH SOMEONE NOTABLE/FAMOUS TOM BROWN Our TOM BROWNs share their name with fashion designer, Thom Browne. They are all looking particularly dapper in the photos below. ESTHER KENYON By happenstance, I came to find out that ESTHER KENYON was the name of a prominent member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe. Portrait of Esther…

SOME FAVORITE VISUAL ARTISTS KANDINSKY HOPPER AND HARPER NEEL AND MUNTER HOCKNEY Way back when I was a pre-teen probably, my brother Bob introduced me to the artwork of Vasily KANDINSKY. I’ve sought out Kandinsky paintings in museums for extended viewing sessions ever since. I really enjoy his command of shape and color. Several of…

NAMES OF HORSES IN CORRAL NEXT DOOR TO SIBLINGS NUTMEG LADY GINGER NAVAJO The Blais family may have had up to 8 horses at one point in the corrals next to The 461. They did not own all the horses, they boarded some. Among the ones they did own, I believe, were NUTMEG, LADY, GINGER,…

VEHICLES USED/ASSOCIATED WITH JOBS FISHING BOAT TRACTOR-TRAILER ARTICULATED BUS FIRETRUCK Both Kevin and Jim have worked on FISHING BOATs, Chris drove TRACTOR-TRAILERs. Bill drove an ARTICULATED BUS for a short time in the service, and Adam, being a fireman, is familiar with FIRETRUCKs, even if others in the family continue to be confused by what…

WEST WARWICK ARCTIC Arctic is a section, (once a village) located within West Warwick. I make an association with my mother’s family with the Arctic section of West Warwick as the family lived there or on the “fringes” before the move to North Kingstown. I believe the Cummiskey family landed in West Warwick when Frank’s…

PLAYED/PLAYS THE CLARINET ELEANOR, NORMA, RUSSELL, AND CATHERINE ALL EITHER PLAY OR HAVE PLAYED THE CLARINET While he isn’t carrying a clarinet here, below is a photo of Russell in his marching band uniform – either Davisville Middle or Davisville Junior High School (I’m not sure what the name of the school was at that…