Tag: class of 1965

• Trying To Stay Forever Young

  I’m sitting on the deck of our home at Rainbow Lake.  A lone chickadee hops from branch to branch and then vanishes into the thicket of trees.  I can see the shimmer of the setting sun reflecting from the water below us.  Only patches of the lake can be seen, we need to trim a…

  patrickjegan

  September 18, 2015

  Blogging, Childhood, Friendship, History, Holding onto the Past, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, non-fiction, Real Personal History, seniors, Time

  aging, class of 1965, memories, Owego High School Reunion, owego ny

• The Migratory Habits of the Boomers

  In this lecture we will explore the migratory habits of certain unusual groups of animals.  Let us begin by taking a glance at the Puffins of the North Atlantic.  They migrate to a big rugged and very isolated rock somewhere in the waters of the Atlantic.  There they breed.  Then they migrate somewhere.  It’s totally…

  patrickjegan

  September 9, 2015

  Blogging, History, Holding onto the Past, Memories, Nature, non-fiction, North Country Life, Real and Unreal Adventures, seniors, Travels

  breeding, class of 1965, high school, migration, owego ny, reunions, swallows

• Our Appeal To The Great Spirit

  [Source: Google Search] It was the icon of our school. It stood in the large foyer of the Owego Free Academy high school. The title of this equestrian sculpture is Appeal to the Great Spirit.  The artist was Cyrus Dallin and it dates from 1909.  The original bronze statue is at the entrance of the…

  patrickjegan

  September 4, 2015

  Blogging, Childhood, Everyday Events, Friendship, Holding onto the Past, Memories, non-fiction, Objects of Beauty, Real Personal History, Religion

  age, Appeal to the Great Spirit, class of 1965, Cyrus Dallin, death, graduation, hope, Owego Free Academy High School, owego ny, seniors