Tag Archives: families

A 4-Year-Old Boy’s Logic

Posted on January 14, 2018 by russtowne

My Beloved mentioned an incident that occurred during the holidays when when she asked grandtwin Zachary if he washed his hands after going to the bathroom. He said, “No, Grandma. I didn’t need to.” “Why not?” “I didn’t touch the … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Grandparenting & Grandkids, Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged children, families, Grandchildren, humor | 8 Comments

Details Regarding Books To Seriously Ill Children Around the World

Posted on July 23, 2013 by russtowne

This is to clarify my comments regarding my plans to send books to seriously ill children and/or hospitals or other facilities who support them around the world. I don’t want to give any false impressions. While I hope to over … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Gifts, Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote | Tagged "Clyde and I", children, children's books, clinics, families, hospitals, ill children, sick children | 7 Comments

The Touch

Posted on January 20, 2013 by russtowne

When our children were young we were fortunate to have the option of being able to have a parent stay at home to raise our children while the other worked outside the home. My Beloved chose to focus her many … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, True Stories I've Written | Tagged boys, families, glass, gorilla, gorillas, mom, palm, San Francisco, San Francisco Zoo, silverback, touch, window, zoo | 8 Comments

A Knock On the Door

Posted on May 5, 2012 by russtowne

About nine years ago our 25th wedding anniversary was coming soon and I wanted to honor my wife and celebrate our anniversary in a special way. What I had in mind was to have some men help me to surprise … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Generosity, Gratitude, True Stories I've Written | Tagged "My Girl", a knock on the door, anniversary, audience, celebrate, cheek, clapped, cool, dance routine, dinner, door, families, gift, groovy, honnor, hug, hugged, kind, kindness, kiss, kissed, knock, long-stemmed red roses, memorable, men, Motown, neighbors, pleased, roses, special, special gift, special wife, special womean, surprised, Temptations, wife | 3 Comments

Terror and Kindness on Interstate 5

Posted on May 2, 2012 by russtowne

It was the middle of the night on one of those long and lonely stretches of Interstate 5 between distant small farming communities. My mom and her girlfriend were taking me and 4 of their other children to Disneyland. All … Continue reading →