ashland ave – For the Love of Lorna

Ashland Avenue Yo-yos

Posted on May 17, 2015 | by Jay | 3 Comments

I have only one home video of us in our Ashland Avenue apartment. In the summer of 1991 Mike and Paula dropped by along with their daughter, Lauren, and a sister from our congregation, Mary. (See Good Friends—Paula.) They had borrowed a video camera, a relatively rare commodity in those days. (more…)

Ashland Avenue Apartment—Our First Home

Posted on May 9, 2015 | by Jay | 3 Comments

Note the octagonal mirror, the curtains, chandelier, and even the flower decorations on top of the stereo! Lorna and I arrive from our honeymoon in England. In the late evening of September 15, 1985. Lorna walks into the living room through the door of our first home together. It is (more…)

Back to America

Posted on April 25, 2015 | by Jay | 3 Comments

[This historical timeline of Lorna’s life is continued from America, At Last! The entire series begins in Childhood.] The brilliant fire-red rim of the sun is just beginning to peek over the faraway hills along the horizon. The car hums with a steady drone as we roll along this winding highway. The sky (more…)