People I have met and/or worked with during my life-time.

10/09/2022 | self

[sodpoodle]

In 1953, Queen Elizabeth drove around and waved to crowds of school kids lining the streets.

I attended that school with Maggie Thatcher’s Secretary of Education- Gil Watts.

1963. Worked for Jim Brown, mayor of Tybee Island, Ga

1965 Worked with John Rousakis in Savannah. GA - in insurance - he became mayor of Savannah, Ga.

2012 Johns Hopkins - my physician’s and Ben Carson’s reception areas were adjoined.

Tony Snow was being treated in the DC physician’s office where I worked.

Atty.Gen. William Sessions and I, nearly got hit by a car while jay-walking in DC.

Father of the Metro = Carlton Sickles. gave me his 38 year service pin when a colleague told him I used the Metro every day.

I made a phone call to The Washington Times and Wesley Pruden answered it - we chatted a while - nice man.

2003. Worked with Patrick Hope, now a Dem rep. for Virginia.

Flew on a plane with Cal Ripken.

Saw Gerald Ford up close.

Saw Billy Idol up close at a local TV station - he was sweet.

We all share the oxygen with people who are alive NOW - Enjoy those moments!!

[chaosagent]

First off, this was in 1962. As far as I know, there was no Duke. The title belonged to Sam’s mother. And Sam was being groomed to be the next Duchess. Remember the Duchess was the one who was royalty-adjacent.

Second, the Duchess’ late husband, Sam’s father, was an RAF officer and pilot who was killed in a plane crash when Sam was 4. Sam’s stepfather was Consul General to Colombia, which is why they were there.

When I kind of sarcastically asked Sam if she lived in a castle, she said they had 3 estates, but only one was really a castle.

What I didn’t know at the time was that I’m royalty-adjacent also. My father’s mother, Sara Jane Parr, who was born in England, was a direct descendent of Sir Thomas Parr, father of Catherine Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII.

And Sir Thomas was a direct descendent of Edward III.