Want to listen to the letters?
Look for a link at the bottom of some of the letters below - it’ll take you to YouTube and Hartford Community Access Television, where Sally Jensen and I discuss the letters.
Coming Soon… from the archives, early recordings of Dr. James Algiers reading his letters.
The Men at My Table: WWII Reflections
Many mornings I meet with five or six men, for coffee and conversation which and many times includes memories of the great war. I am sharing some of their stories with my Grandson as he learns about WWII.
WWII Reflections Part 2
Pearl Harbor is a day that I will never forget. It was a day that changed everything and my friends and I knew that within three years we would all be drafted and become soldiers.
Some Equations Don’t Balance
And why are we moving? The move is precipitated by aging and health events, the probability of needing family help from caregivers living in another area, and the increasing fear of disability and dependance. We are changing, we have become near dependent on others for maintenance, for activity, for needs, for most everything; and if not truly dependent associated diseases of aging pose a daily threat of dependence.
A Hartford Tradition
This coming weekend, beginning on Friday will mark the 22nd year during which Dorothy and I will participate in the Hartford Christmas Committee. I wrote this to record the process and to make all aware of one great reason why we have never gone south before Christmas Day. Sort of stuck in tradition, a Hartford tradition. The world is large, home is small, but family and residents live on.