A Sunday Drive in Rhode Island

A Sunday Drive in Newport, Rhode Island. The year was 1964, give or take a year.
When I look at old pictures of my dad from when I was young, I always think he looks like Satya Nadella,CEO of Microsoft. I guess it is probably just the bald head and glasses. My dad did eventually lose all the hair on top.
He still had hair on the sides up until his death. He never shaved his head. I have a T-shirt with advice from an eagle. One of the things it states is: Bald is Beautiful. Baldness is a male trait that ran through my family, so I have to agree.
One question I never asked and now wish that I did is why did they always cut my sister's hair short, and mine was kept long most of the time. I did get a chin length bob before we moved to the Philippines. It would have been the year after we left Rhode Island. My dad was studying at the Navy War College during our time there.

Since we were all dressed up it must have been a Sunday. We always went to church and then often we went out to dinner since our extended family was all living in the mid-west. We often would take a Sunday drive after we ate. Here we ended up at the beach for a photo session. This tradition went mostly by the way-side after a few years. When we went to church in Virginia we would often go to the Hot Shoppes cafeteria in Tyson's Corner mall. Boy has that mall changed over the years. Today it is much larger than it was when we frequented the cafeteria.

I know I was going to stop reminiscing about my life growing up, but every time I see Satya Nadella in the news, I am reminded of my dad and his old pictures. I wonder if others might see the resemblance.




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Katherine J Krein

My name is Katherine J. Krein. I lost my father in June of 2013, and then I lost my mother in November of the same year. After they both died I went through a mind-warping number obsession that has taken me years to control. This is my story. It is now 2025. I still use this site to post some poems and thoughts. My obsession has faded, however, I still notice the numbers. Faith, hope, and love is what guides me now.

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