Joanne freshmen class picture from 1969. She was 15. We met in our English class. The 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet was in theaters at the time. We read that play and West Side Story with our very unorthodox teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Carder. Our class went to the theater in Paulsboro. Whenever we read the play out loud in class Mrs. Carter would make Joanne and I read it together.

Joanne and I didn't travel. We went to Montreal to see my father Art and mother Joan. This is when we were on our way back in Albany, NY. It was probably in 1977.

The only other time we traveled we went to Portland, Maine, that is where Joanne's father is from. His family were lobster fishermen.

This is my friend, Gabriel Fieni. He was the groomsmen at our wedding.

With our cat, Howard. (She was a female.)

Joanne whenever she got scarred. YIKES!

The reason Joanne and I broke up was skydiving. She went with me a couple of times and didn't like it. If we were serious we could have gotten past it but we both just decided to move on. This is with my friend Pat Mulhern. He was the captain of our team.

She was at Brandywine College which was less than a mile from my parent's house. The greatest period was when she and I were together there. We saw each other every day until I left for Univ. of Delaware.

The girl on the left is Mrs. Pat Cruciano. I forget her first name but I think it might have been Pat, like her husband. The one the right is Mrs. Maloof. Her name is lost to me as well. This was when I was on the University of Delaware Skydiving Club. Pat Cruciano was a prominent member of the club and a Jumpmaster and Rick Maloof was a pilot and an Army member. He was in the ROTC at the University. Joanne and I got married on August 25, 1975. I started skydiving less than a month after that. The following February I really got into the sport. Between February 28 and July 28th I made 69 jumps. (I lost my logbook so I don’t have records after July.) Every weekend, I made multiple jumps and sometimes during the week. This picture was taken in Winter and all the girls had to be wrapped up. There was no cover so warm attire was needed. Joanne went down the drop zone for a while but eventually she lost interest. I’m pretty sure my skydiving career was what caused our breakup. She’s holding binoculars. At that point I was making just two or three jumps in a day. She couldn’t tell much from 2500’ but she always watched.