This is an "Odds and Ends" Post. This is a post that covers several things, but there is no big history or explanation to any of the pictures. The first couple pictures are from the first Christmas we spent in Sigonella. There were a lot of single people attached to the dispensary and when holidays came around usually one of the married couples would have everyone to their house. The people coming would each bring something--wine, beer, a casserole, whatever they thought up. The couple hosting the meal would do the turkey and whatever else they wanted to do. Usually one couple would host Thanksgiving, another Christmas. Whichever holiday they came to my house for, they were always shocked that one of the things we served was sauerkrout! Later there were just too many people attached to the dipensary to have the meal at anyone's house, so we'd have it at the dispensary! The first time we did it there was a large room and we set up tables and chairs. Later, after the new dispensary was built we would have it in the lobby--after all, the dispensary was closed for the holiday. This first picture was in our apartment. That's me at the end, then there is Mike Zakrewzski, his daughter Erin and his wife Jeannie. They were our sponsors when we went to Sicily.
This picture has a rather unusual story. One weekend some of us from the dispensary went to Messina. Messina is where the ferry is that you take to get to the mainland. They put entire trains on the ferry to take over to Italy. Well, this weekend that we went there was a Russian ship docked in Messina. What a surprise to us when we learned you could actually tour the ship. Remember, this was 1973. You were only allowed on the outside deck. So we went on the ship. This is me, Mike and George Casey. George was a Pharmacy Tech.
This is a view of as much of the ship as we could get in the picture.
Now, here is a story! You've met Pesky before in my posts. Well, we set up a fish tank in our apartment. Pesky used to get up in the chair and sit for hours and watch the fish. We only had guppies, but anyone who has ever had guppies knows that they reproduce quite frequently. We didn't know what to do because our tank was getting overcrowded. We bought a large goldfish, so he could eat the guppies. Eventually he ate too many of them, so we put the goldfish in a bowl and let Pesky play with him for a while. Eventually we flushed the goldfish down the commode.
This is Nick Romano at Christmas dinner. And, as you can see, even Pesky got decorated for Christmas.
The picture on the left is of Jim Tutino and Glen Hickman. Jim was a Pharmacy Tech. Glen was the original owner of Pesky. It took our Italian neighbors a while to figure out who I was married to--both Mike and Glenn had red hair.
The picture of Mike was taken on our balcony, and the one of me talking to the goat was taken in Palermo. The goat was eating pasta! The other picture of me was also taken on our balcony. Both those were taken in May 1974--just two months before Christopher was born. The family in the picture is the Cicioras. Jerry Ciciora was the Chief at the dispensary. His wife, Jackie had also been in the Hospital Corps. The two girls are Kathleen and Ann, who had made her First Holy Communion that day.
Pesky finally managed to get the fish out of the bowl.
This picture has a rather unusual story. One weekend some of us from the dispensary went to Messina. Messina is where the ferry is that you take to get to the mainland. They put entire trains on the ferry to take over to Italy. Well, this weekend that we went there was a Russian ship docked in Messina. What a surprise to us when we learned you could actually tour the ship. Remember, this was 1973. You were only allowed on the outside deck. So we went on the ship. This is me, Mike and George Casey. George was a Pharmacy Tech.
This is a view of as much of the ship as we could get in the picture.
Now, here is a story! You've met Pesky before in my posts. Well, we set up a fish tank in our apartment. Pesky used to get up in the chair and sit for hours and watch the fish. We only had guppies, but anyone who has ever had guppies knows that they reproduce quite frequently. We didn't know what to do because our tank was getting overcrowded. We bought a large goldfish, so he could eat the guppies. Eventually he ate too many of them, so we put the goldfish in a bowl and let Pesky play with him for a while. Eventually we flushed the goldfish down the commode.
This is Nick Romano at Christmas dinner. And, as you can see, even Pesky got decorated for Christmas.
The picture on the left is of Jim Tutino and Glen Hickman. Jim was a Pharmacy Tech. Glen was the original owner of Pesky. It took our Italian neighbors a while to figure out who I was married to--both Mike and Glenn had red hair.
The picture of Mike was taken on our balcony, and the one of me talking to the goat was taken in Palermo. The goat was eating pasta! The other picture of me was also taken on our balcony. Both those were taken in May 1974--just two months before Christopher was born. The family in the picture is the Cicioras. Jerry Ciciora was the Chief at the dispensary. His wife, Jackie had also been in the Hospital Corps. The two girls are Kathleen and Ann, who had made her First Holy Communion that day.
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