Letters for George

This is a personal blog about lots of topics, e.g., dogs, family, retirement, childhood, life in the U.P., humor. The George in the title is my dear brother-in-law George Levenson, husband, father, grandfather, brother, filmmaker, who left us prematurely on his 63rd birthday in 2007. His having been my favorite e-mail correspondent, I intend these stories as a tribute to George and his ever-present impact on his loved ones.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Why You Shouldn't Count 100% on Mind-Reading

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Dear George,   As I grow older I find that I’m more prone to just do what I want to do, even though this can have negative effects.  ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Local Characters: Leonard Franklin Slye

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Dear George,   My childhood understandings of the world, dreams, and fantasies were powerfully shaped by Saturday afternoon matinees,...
Monday, August 3, 2009

Canines and Homo Sapiens: Virtual Cousins?

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Dear George,   Dogs have at least six basic biological needs:   breathing, sleeping, eating, drinking, peeing, and pooping.   Mike an...
Saturday, August 1, 2009

How I Wound Up at Antioch

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Dear George,   I was a pretty maladjusted high school student.   I was shy to begin with, but when my orthodontist decided in my seni...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Dogs of Our Lives: ARCO

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Dear George,   The most remarkable dog of our childhood didn’t even belong to us, but rather to my Uncle Kent.   He was a huge black ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871

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Dear George, On our last drive up to Menominee, we stopped at the Peshtigo Fire Museum.   We’d been there before, but it’s always worth...
Saturday, July 25, 2009

How the Wolf Dog and I Got J into Med School

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Dear George,   It broke our hearts when J left for his freshman year at Columbia.   With only one kid, we were an overly child-center...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Menominee River (Part Two)

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Menominee River from River House (photo by VAL) Dear George, I wrote a while back about our childhood on the Menominee River.    The river ...
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David L.
Cincinnati, OH
This is a personal blog that I began shortly after I retired in 2009 from my social psychology faculty position at a large Midwestern university. The blog contains stories and reflections (usually by me but not always) about a variety of things past and present, e.g., growing up in Menominee in Michigan’s U.P. with my siblings, Steven, Peter, & Vicki, and our parents Vic & Doris; family life with my wife Katja, son J, daughter-in-law K, grandkids A & L; our doggies; Cincinnati and our Clifton neighborhood; everyday events; and various life interests. I try to inject some humor into most of this. I hope you find it enjoyable.
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