The Vinewood House

Was that the Vinewood house? And, uh, That was kind of out on the edge of town at that time? Yeah, it was still in Ann Arbor. We were out by the Huron River. And, uh, We used to, this, this isn't, that's, this is more friends. I'll talk about that later.

Than the fun we had with a gal that lived out by the Huron River too. Uh, And just the family doing a lot together and uh, uh, we all got along, the three of us very well. My, my older sister was like a mother to the two of us and she would make some clothes for us and you didn't think much of at the time what your life was like but as I reflect it was living in Ann Arbor and having a twin and, [00:03:00] and relatives and all.

It's a date for a very happy upbringing. And, the other way, it seemed to me that my father used all kinds of situations to instill in us certain senses of how to live. And, um, like, uh, he'd take us, I don't know where he goes, on a swing, and if we fell off, and he, Patient, very patient. You get up and get back on that swing and don't, you know, just, uh, get up and get going.

Don't sit there and cry or something. I remember going swimming and I went on a real high dive board, got way up there. And then I got frightened and I didn't want to go off. And he said, you started something, you finish it. But he sat under that [00:04:00] board, in the water, waiting for me. I'll get you. He, he was always there to be helpful.

I'll, uh, I'll catch you. I don't know whether he taught me a good lesson, other than I never get in myself. I'm not sure about it. And, I remember being afraid of the lightning, and he would Sit on the bed, and talk to me about it, and don't, you know, watch it, look at it, enjoy it, isn't that pretty? And, he, he should have, he should have been a minister, or, he was, loved to teach, and instill values.

And, uh, but. And living in Ann Arbor, you had the sports to go to there, the college sports, and you had the theater, Lydia Mendelsohn Theater, and you had the Hill Auditorium for concerts and access to all kinds of educational possibilities and athletic possibilities. And, um, [00:05:00] let me see, oh, and he loved to have us, we'd go on a lot of picnics up the Huron River, and you'd always say, you know, When you're done, you get rid of the trash, you always put out the fire, make sure Sadie was very careful about it, you clean up whatever you create, and, uh, and then, uh, Oh, we earn money by, you didn't have anything to get rid of the dandelions, the yard is always filled with dandelions, so we get a penny for every dandelion we go out with a little bit.

Knife of some sort and pick up Dan Moranster and money. And, um, Uh, so I think that, uh, sort of gives you the background. And we'd, we'd go to visit relatives in Canada. And we'd go up to Saginaw, where Daddy's brothers were. For Thanksgiving and, and, uh, Christmas. And be with our, [00:06:00] Webb and Bob, our first cousins up there.