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  • The photo below was taken about 1965. As I recall, this was an Easy-Bake Oven tea party. I wish the oven were in the photo. But we are eating whatever it was we baked with a light bulb! This was taken at the old Winterkorn homestead at 175 Lake Street, Waltham, MA. The old gas…

  • I think this photo is from Christmas 1959, because I look to be around 2 years old. This photo was taken at the famous Grover Cronin’s Department store.  This was THE place to shop in Waltham, MA, back in the early to mid-1900s. “Cronin’s,” as we called it, had the REAL Santa Claus, who would…

  • December 7th, 1941, is a day that will live in infamy. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to visit Oahu this year. My great-uncle was there that day and witnessed the attack from Ford Island. His family still lives in Honolulu and invited us to visit. Of course, the one question people ask…

  • The Bissells appeared in the November 2025 issue of the DDS newsletter. View full newsletter

  • I’m a saver. I have a box of school “art” treasures that the kids made. I also have my old art folder from middle school. No one in the family has any artistic skills; autistic, yes; artistic, no. I finally decided it was time to clean out some of my collection, but before tossing, I…