Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Which Reminds Me

Yes, I have noticed recently that some people are dropping many clues about "Ben." They are fascinated with the name of "Ben." Ben Ben Ben. Which seems odd to me.

Yes, in reading the diaries of great-grandmother we read numerous mentions of my Dad's Uncle Ben, whose career was actually working on ships and was often gone to sea, sailing as a crew member of some type of ship, but at times when his ship was in port at San Diego he would stop in Oceanside to visit his mother and his sisters, one of whom was my grandmother, although he actually resided somewhere in Northern California. The diary mentions that he had a son and daughter whom I never met. I really never knew these people existed until I read the diaries, but my parents say that he once visited them in Florida with his second wife, a Puerto Rican woman, although I was not there at the time and never met them.

My Dad had four uncles—Ben, Sam, Joe, and Ariel—and two aunts—Julia and Olive. There were possibly two other children who died in infancy—Philip and Anna.

So anyway, Ben is gone now and his second wife also. Ben died and he will not be sailing the seas again so you will need to find some other source of interest to occupy your waking hours. This obsessive preoccupation with Ben is getting too weird. What is your problem? Where is all this missing paperwork that I never saw? It would be interesting to see that so that at least I could get some idea of what you are talking about. What is this paper weapon that you are using to kill us?