Monthly Archives: August 2025

Boarding School or Mental Institution?

Posted on August 25, 2025 by khobar95

In 1976, my brother and I went from Anchorage, Alaska, to an Irish boarding school. We’d been to Ireland before, got on well with the local kids, and even went to school there. Coming back to Ireland didn’t seem that … Continue reading →

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Friends

Posted on August 21, 2025 by khobar95

The day after we moved from the base into a house in Anchorage, my brother Roger asked me to help with something. As the dutiful little brother who loved that his big brother included him in all sorts of fun, … Continue reading →

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Alaska

Posted on August 13, 2025 by khobar95

When I first arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1973, I thought I’d landed on Mars. The trees were all stunted. The city was on the ocean, but the sea was gray. There was no beach to speak of, only mud … Continue reading →

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Memory Revisited

Posted on August 6, 2025 by khobar95

When Dad announced he was retiring from Aramco back in 1983, I thought yes, at last, I was headed home to the States for good to college, friends, girls. He then said he had taken on a job in Lahore, … Continue reading →

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Church and Thanksgiving

Posted on August 4, 2025 by khobar95

Boarding School? No. That was still a couple of years off. This picture is me looking forward to another rousing hour of church, actually, in Anchorage. Oh, the joy of knowing I was going to hell unless I bribed the … Continue reading →

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