Travels with Grumpus

written by maya for mickey’s entertainment. and yours too.

Archive for May, 2006

I love New York - a bit of family lore

The battle for the liberation of Manila, near the end of the second world war, is an important event in the Mickey and Maya family history. Mickey’s grandfather was the first known allied casualty in that battle (scroll down that article and you’ll see his name), and I will tell that story another time. My grandmother had spent the war with the resistance, then imprisoned for that insolence, and then finally widowed in a bombing raid. She was 25 when the Americans came marching into Manila but had already lived several lifetimes when a brash young American soldier came into her life.
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I love New York - old friends

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A fun time was had by all

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Mona’s big day

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What ho!

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Maya’s away, so Grumpus will play

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Broken heart

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Selected quotes from Mickey

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E-biscuit

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Elvis night

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