"Something's Up" In America's Big Berg
featuring
Selected Poems from The Alaska Mystery Collection
and The Tree Series
by Paula Marie Rose
Dale is a brother of Sharon, and the Uncle to her tribe of 5. According to Sharon, Dale was the favorite of my Gramma, from the moment he was born. Could be, as most parents that I know tend to have varying relationships with each of their children. Sharon herself had a favorite child, and that title goes to Gail. Always has been, always will be; Gail has proudly crowed throughout her life "I'm Mom's Favorite." I don't mind being the Black Sheep; it suits me.
Through many years of people watching, having an inquisitive mind, and a finely tuned pair of ears; Dale has gleaned much information. Having lived most of his life in the Mini Fiefdom, he knows as much or quite a bit more, about anyone and most things shaking and baking back when, and now, than most other residents.
Of all the family members, he spent the most time assisting with the daily living tasks and care of both Grammy and Gramps (his parents.) I lived two doors down from my Grandparents for seven years; my daughters and I spent much time with Grammy after Gramps died.
The most recent email exchange below should reveal some interesting details. Of course, it is highly likely that no response will be received. To date, he has never asked me about the alleged "Missing Persons" report, or any of the unusual activities that my family participated in, and I did include him on my January 1, 2008 New Years Greeting mail, which is under Emails To/From Mark. I believe it was mentioned that he met with Anna while she was in Juneau in July of 2007, so I thought it was strange that such a dramatic incident was never mentioned by him to me. He wouldn't have "forgotten," although there Shor Nuf do be some strange affliction in the memory retention abilities of some of my family members. Gosh! I hope it's not catching, or genetic.
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 16:19:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Star <jayoubetyou@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: high speed internet connection
To: Dale
Hi Dale,
That's OK, your memory might return at some point. Memory lapse seems to have become a family affliction over the past year; across all ages! Except for mine.
I know what she was talking about, and so do more than a few others. I had a feeling that you could fill in the details, but it isn't necessary; the dirt's already in the database.
Although your speculation on Grammy being abducted by aliens and having some experiments on her reproductive system might not have happened to her; medical experimentation has been occurring for decades, and in our own Earthly Neighborhood.
Yes, one of my stories will make an outstanding Children's series. I'm busy on another right now, so it'll be several months before I get back to the Camel stories. Glad to hear XXXXXXX is traveling and enjoying herself.
Good to know I'm "still on the list." Might make it a bit more difficult to "get on the payroll" but there won't be too much need for the law abiding branch of Feds wasting time on an unnecessary background check. They'll flip on the computer, type my name into the database and say: Here's her resume, and there's her old Med Ex file. No wonder she's so brilliantly sarcastic!!
Have a great day and thanks for the reply,
Paula
dale wrote: (on Saturday, May 17, 2008)
Dear Paula,No it wasn't a cold day in Hell here, but it has been cool and wet most all spring. I finally got tired of waiting 10-20 min. for down loads in the 2-10 meg range so I signed up of the bundle package megabyte per second down load and local phone service and long-distance phone service. I now have unlimited phone service to anywhere in the U.S. for $33/mo (Alaska excluded of course), Alaska is 12 cents / min.I am attaching a photo of XXXXXX (Deleted by PMR) and friend on camel back. Clair said that you were working on a book about camels for kids. I told her I would send you this picture. XXXXX took a trip to Morocco last fall and had a great time there.I do not recall Grammy saying anything about"They promised to take care of us:if we helped them, and let them do those things! and "you don't want to know.", but it sound very strange maybe Grammy was abducted and I am the result of some alien experiment on her reproductive system? who knows some folks have said that I am a little strange. Jerri says hi to you, but she is still working at Alaska Airline and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (Remainder of paragraph was not relevant material and related to Jerri's job, Deleted by PMR) . Love Dale
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Date: | Fri, 16 May 2008 00:29:22 -0700 (PDT) |
From: | "Star" <jayoubetyou@yahoo.com> |
Subject: | Re: my new e-mail address |
To: | dale |
_______________________________Dear Folks,I have changed to a highspeed internet conection and have had to change my e-mail address.Here is the new address for me Dale (Deleted by PMR)
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 08:25:35 -0800 (PST)
Dear Paula,I believe Imelda XXXXXXXX (omitted by PMR) is the lady that built the family "wheel" that you mentioned in your e-mail. Spike or I have the copy that Grammpy and Grammy had. I am not sure just where it is at this point, but I shall begin an effort to locate it. I may have to try to make some form of photo or digital copy of it so we could have it on disk. I see in the "Henkins History" that some supply of the "wheels" was still available to people at cost. However 1976 is the year of the comment. I would be glad to help in the family history, you are putting together, but as with many folks I did not listen enough or remember well enough at the time we could get the best information. Your mom may know more that I, but I am not sure all her reputed memories or actual, I think at least some of what she has to say is affected by the strokes that she has suffered. I am not sure though to what extent! The Douglas History is something that a very few people still alive could be asked about, i.e. XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXX, (Names OMITTED BY PMR) etc. but they are still here and have some information that will be useful. I too should have recorded XXXX (OMITTED BY PMR) and Grammpy story telling episodes that we all remember some parts of. I know very little of the Illinois or Washington state history. George Bonnet has been asking me to turn in a short family history to the local people that are putting out a book of such stories of local people.Yes, I have had to develop some keen ability of observation, some because of the need to observe and determine subtle differences in rocks in order to understand and not be confused,while trying to understand just what the reality is and just why it is real. I also have had two classes in psychology while in college that may have helped in understanding the underlying emotional states that motivate many people. This is to say that I look see and try to understand what is going on, but not always able to get it figured out. This may be one of the reasons I spend so much time at the coffee shop etc. I had started to expect seeing you here, but under stand that time and circumstances shift and make changes in plans etc. Oh well I will be glad to see you when you do get here next. If you have some specific question ask me and I will try to find some information or ask around.Love Dale
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