Shopping with Elvis Presley

by | Jan 24, 2017 | Family, History, Music, Shopping

When I was a child, my family took lots of road trips. We would all pile into the Winnebago or the Lincoln Continental and drive to Mammoth Mountain, Sun Valley (Idaho), the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, New Orleans, California Ghost Towns, New Mexico Indian Reservations...

Marilyn Alff Montague 1923-2015

by | Feb 22, 2016 | Family

My mother was born Marilyn Marie Alff in Texas in 1923 to Rudolph E.G. Alff (a sergeant in the Army during World War I) when he was a professor at the Medical College of Baylor University, Dallas, Texas and to Meta Lisette Radtke Alff, a former music teacher. By 1926...

I love you, Mom. See you later.

by | Dec 9, 2015 | Family

I’m not feeling very eloquent at the moment and I certainly have had no idea what the right things were to say to my mother as she suffered with Alzheimer’s Disease for the last approximately 15 years. I started feeling a little nauseous after picking up...