Barksdale was from the South, not the really Deep South, but far enough away that he had no experience with New England winters. ..
All in Family
Barksdale was from the South, not the really Deep South, but far enough away that he had no experience with New England winters. ..
Barksdale was from the South, not the really Deep South, but far enough away that he had no experience with New England winters. ..
I am remembering that Old Paw got a patent on the “Ear Thermometer” far too early for there to be any electronics small enough or affordable enough to make the product economically viable. The early prototype models that Barnes Engineering could turn out were quite clunky, very similar to the first cell phones, which were like "WW2 walky-talkies" from which they had descended.
When we were all living on Grey Farms road in Stamford, we had an early morning bird that drove us to distraction…
Today, I found myself telling Mom more of what I remember of the stories Temple Bowling told our family when he visited us from his training base in Long Island. Those tales were told and retold at Westover Road dinner parties for years after the war. So here is another…
My purpose is to record this event as part of Barnes family history. I use the phrase “WW2 War Story” in the title to acknowledge that it is not corroborated by any contemporaneous photographs or even written down in the journal Dr. R. Bowling Barnes kept during his time in Germany just before the close of World War Two…
I came across this video and was once again impressed with Rory’s skill at grabbing the microphone and taking over the show. He threw himself so convincingly into the role of a commentator…. Wow! A part of a lovely celebration of Paw’s birthday back in our early days at Wyndemere…
In reading “Robert’s Paw’s Boyhood” (see specific section below), I discovered something completely unknown to me, but very popular with Eli Barnes, his family, and friends…
A Bucyres-Eire Percussion Cable Water Well Rig, exactly like the one I remember working in our backyard all spring the year our Deck House was being built.
When George visited us in Belfast, he handed me a wooden box of black and white negatives that belonged to my father. The notes say they relate to his graduate studies in Germany. Some were 35mm film rolls, the rest were 2.25 X 3.25 inch flat negatives….
One really blustery rainy day in the Spring of 1947 (George was just born), I was sitting on the porch of Paw’s home in Montgomery and spotted something yellow floating in the gutter of Wilson Street…
The digitized version of Robert’s Paw’s Boyhood is now here for all to enjoy!
I am rationing myself to just a few stories a day while reading "Robert’s Paw’s Boyhood.” The alligator in Paw’s “big trough” was a complete surprise to me and that is where I am now….
Hi Paw! I was talking to Krissy recently about Mommichen's ancestry and she encouraged me to reach out to you. She told me that she heard Mommichen was Jewish, do we have any evidence to support that? Thank you. - Leila
Rory, I was delighted to learn that you have discovered that your hours of community service might, with good luck, be served aboard the “USS Intrepid.” Wow!
When I was very young but old enough to remember it well … my dad woke me up on a clear, winter night to take me out into the backyard of 60 Westover Road to see waving curtains of green light in the sky that lasted for a long time.
