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Spencer – Upstate NY Years Gallery

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Spencer – Upstate NY Years Gallery

  • 1963 Rose Mist Comet
  • Al and Mom Corn
  • Al and Pop Cutting Wood
  • Al and Mark Christmas Tree
  • Al Raking Hay
  • Al with Bailer
  • Al with Bass at Waldings Pond
  • Bailed Hay in Field
  • Cows in Winter Feeding
  • Cutting a Christmas Tree
  • Graduation from Ithaca College
  • Marian and John with Christmas Tree
  • John Plowing Garden
  • Marian in Front of House
  • Mark and Pop Cutting Wood
  • Marriage in Front of DC Temple
  • Newlyweds Alan and Diana
  • Marian at Wedding
  • John in Front of House
  • Winter View from Hill
  • John and Marian at the Farm - A Good Day
  • John and Marian Living it Up in the Old Farmhouse
  • Marian and Alan Before Church - 1981
  • Mark and an Unfortunate Raccoon that Stepped Into One of Our Traps - 1975
  • Mark and Al goofing with One of the Operators on a Visit at Tioga Hammond Dam - 1978
  • Mark, Pop, and Al on a Tioga Hammond Dam Visit - 1978
  • Mark, Al, and Tubsy the Best Dog Ever in Front of Fall Feed Corn - 1974
  • Putting Hay in the Barn - John, Marian, and Al - 1975

 

When the drugs and gangs of the big city began seeping into Long Island in the late ’60’s an early ’70’s – John wanted to get us out. In 1972 he bought a small 22-acre farm on West Hill Road in the little town of Spencer upstate.

About the Memoir

Wandering in Oblivion is a son's journey along the dark shores of memory, as he scavenges for meaning to his mother's tormented schizophrenic life. Discovering in the end, that her courage - forged from the relentless illness - might be her greatest gift to him.

If someone you know is struggling to deal with a loved one suffering with schizophrenia or other mental illness, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is available to provide support, education and awareness. They are a valuable resource and have many local chapters that are "dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness."
Don't go it alone. www.nami.org

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  • San Antonio, TX
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