I don’t know where we were living at the time, but I suspect this was while we were visiting Italy in the 1970’s.
Circa 1976 Mom and Dad on base at the Loran Station in Estartit, Catalonia, Spain
US Classmates in Estartit, Catalonia, Spain
There were very few military brats (American kids) in the area (all our fathers were in the Coast Guard), so shortly after this picture was taken (I’m obviously the one in the middle) I was then home-schooled with a U.S. government correspondence course until we moved back to the States. I often wonder what the Spanish thought of us celebrating the Bicentennial that July 1976!
By an incredible coincidence, in 2014, the girl in the red dress above, Marlene Kurkierewicz (Houtz), was discovered to be in this picture by her daughter, Melissa Lee Gagnon. They reached out to me on social media to identify her. Now the challenge is to find out who the blonde girl is!
Fresh Egg Run
My siblings are flanking me here in Torroella de Montgrí, Catalonia, Spain, just in front of our house at the time. If you look carefully, you can see the castle we used to hike up the hill to. Dad had the wherewithal to write the exact date on the back of this photo with the comment “fresh egg run.” I remember regularly being sent to the end of that street to get eggs from a woman who I used to witness pick them out from under the hens right there in her home.
Holiday Photo
My siblings are flanking me here, as we sat for official holiday portraits in Spain. We are sitting in front of a sheepskin in our living room (it helped to keep the leather couch from getting too sticky). I still love having sheepskin rugs (even faux) around my house. My father was stationed in Estartit, but we lived in Torroella de Montgrí. I believe this was the 1975 holiday season since we only lived there for two years and by February 1977 we had moved to Governor’s Island, New York.
My Kindergarten Photo
I’m estimating September 1973 this was taken. I went to Hillview Crest, in Hayward, California, for kindergarten. Fortunately my parents had started teaching me English, because even though I was born in San Pedro, California, I started talking when we were living in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (my mother was from Calabria).
My Parents’ Wedding – Unofficial Photos
My Parents’ Wedding Official Photos
My Parents’ Courtship
Just prior to their wedding my parents were chaperoned by my grandfather, Giuseppe Benenati. My parents had met when my father was stationed in Calabria right there on the beach in front of the station. They corresponded for a few years and send audio tapes back and forth to each (one of which I’ve digitized). They spent some time getting to know each other in Florence, close to where my mother attended college and took these pictures.
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