Will definitely let people know before I toss out any family stuff. Not too likely this will happen. I also have ideas about organizing this material. At least the hard copies.

That Stephen White is a really nice guy – he was helpful to me as well, when I wanted to go visit organs in his town. And they have a beautiful little old Skinner at his church too. Really lovely.
Speaking of Durufle, I don’t really know the piece well, I just know of it, but I want to play the organ part for it someday. Not sure when or where that would happen around here, but who knows… Brad did ask me to play the Rutter Requieum in April with the college choir. Not quite as good, but it’s a start.

I have a used organ score for the Requiem by Durufle. It was owned Dorothy Sheets (a local composer who died not too long ago). Even though this piece exists in an orchestra accompaniment version, I like the organ one a lot.

I’m so happy Brad has asked you to play and accompany the choir on the Rutter. Excellent!

Wow, there is really nothing like looking at old photos. So cool. Jeremy and I especially love the one with your dad balancing you in one hand. Amazing! And of course your dad looks so much like our Benjamin Michael Jenkins. So funny. Love you!!!

My Dad loved to balance infants in this way. He did it with his grandchildren as well (you included of course). I don’t know if we have pics of him doing with everybody.

Paul was actually very coordinated.

Glad you liked the pics. I have more time for myself these days which is leading me to read through Dad’s sermons.

Walk through memory lane, but still learning about him.

love to you and Jeremy from your Dad

Thats interesting. I was just thinking about the Jenkins history. Distinguishing between the Reoder clan and Jenkins and tracing our German/Cornish heritiage is proving to be quite a think and task.

I do believe my baby pictures look a lot like you as a baby in that picture of grampa holding you up with one hand. Guess that disproves the adoption theory.

David

You, me and Nicholas all look similar as babies and toddlers. Thanks for reading. Love from your Dad

Ok… I don’t want to burst any baloons here but there’s a reason that the picture of Steve looks like David.

It’s a picture of David. No Steve.

Look at the picture closely. Notice Dad’s physique and his sideburns. Look at the grey in his hair. That’s Paul Jenkins ca. 1972, not ca. 1952.

There are, somewhere, pictures of Dad holding Steve like this. I remember that picture. Dad looked quite young and skinny in it. There are also pics of Dad holding me like this. I’ve seen that one but don’t remember it as well. But in it I recall Dad weighing more. And I recognize this one of Dad holding David. I don’t know about the other grandkids.

From the pics I have seen, Dad was a skinny dude until around the time I was born. All the pics of him with Steve when Steve was a few years old have him as young, skinny with blond hair. Later his hair darkened and, eventually grayed…

And his physique … shall we say, his physique developed… A trajectory not unlike my own although I have outdone him in that regard.

A couple other things…

Is it Bill or Cousin Phil? I think that’s Cousin Phil… son of Sherman, Ben’s brother.

And, I think the picture of Ben standing by himself near water was, I’m pretty sure, taken at Belle Isle in Detroit. I have no idea of what he would have been doing there. I just think I remember the caption on the original pic. It’s clearly a picture of him from the forties or fifties. Before we moved to Michigan.

Well that explains why David thought I looked so much like him, I was him. My name was written on the photograph. That’s why I said it was me. Also, the label for the picture file said Cousin Bill. I don’t remember a cousin Bill. Cousin Phil sounds more plausible. I wondered where Ben was standing in that pic.

Ok. Well maybe the adoption theory is still afloat. =^)

Although…..
i do seem to be continually developing a strikingly similar physique as the Jenkins men.

You know….like the body of a Greek God….

What a fun family discussion…

Thanks for putting these up, dad. I didn’t know there were more family pics floating around that i hadn’t seen.

David, if you discover anything new about the jenkins history, please do pass it along. When you say Cornish, do you mean from the jenkins? Or roeder? I’m interested in any english links of course…

Love to you all. X

Sarah – thanks for reading…. love from Dad

Grayhound therapy may be what the bureaucrats and media are calling it but it is aka a term called “dumping”. It happens daily and not only accross state lines but also within state.

The majority of California Counties are just as guilty of the practice regardless of there efforts at judicial and compensatory recourse.

It was surprising that another state actually legislated the practice all be it veiled with legal gobbledegook. (You like that word dont you!??! =^)

Just gets back to my qualms about poor continuity of care. Cant be in that field anymore for if I was i would most likely and literally pull my head clean off and drop kick it through goal posts (speaking of vivid images :0)

Speaking of pulling heads off, i kind of like the new sleepy hollow series…

Hope all is well.

David

PS… Sorry to here about cousin Fred.

The wardrobe looks cool.

David

I’m glad that you are no longer doing hands on. I think one can only do that work for so long.

Thanks for reading. Haven’t heard any more about my cousin Fred’s death.

I don’t know what you have or haven’t signed up for, but if you want to bail after a year, I’m fine with that. Just say the word. This isn’t a pack with the devil or anything…

Heh. I feel entirely free to bail at any time. I have promised myself to do this. Not you or the devil. Is there a devil?

thanks for reading

hmm, in looking for your response just now, I’ve noticed the “pack with the devil” part of my comment. That wasn’t what I meant, but does bring to mind an interesting image.

Mark can do that with your computer too, if you just give him the right information – control it remotely, read all your personal stuff, etc. He occasionally uses it to help our parents with their computers. I understand none of it, but if you’re interested in how it works, talk to him.