Tag: family history
Happy Belated 94th Birthday Dad
1949 Ben in Suit (click to view other images of Ben Bustillos from his youth) I can’t believe that...
JBB’s DRP for 4/4/23: Writing & Memory by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Winston Churchill said that history is written by the victors. In this video, Nguyen says that he...
JBB’s DRP for 2/21/23: Moment of Truth/Conspiracy Theories
When you hear things from people who did not grow up with the same stories you grew up with, it...
JBB’s DRP for 1/12/23: Thankful For Those Who Came Before
2023-01-11 JBB’s DRP MLK As we celebrate MLK’s birthday with time away from school on...
Adios, Josie Bustillos (1931-2021)
Mom’s funeral was on a rainy December morning at St. Killian’s Roman Catholic Church in Mission...
Josie Bustillos 1931-2021: My First Friend
Given the differences in their relative health it was assumed years ago that my mother would go to...
Blog Action Day: Inequity and The Opportunity to Learn
1950s dad and mom – post-WWII dreamers My mom and dad grew up in the post-World War II boon...
Family Photo Project plus Videos
I haven’t been posting too much this week … as if I wouldn’t have normally been in a reflective...
1929-2011 Benjamin Bustillos
When mom and dad got into their 70s no one would guess that dad would go first. It’s hard to...
Following the Logic of Feelings
Some of my thinking lately has reminded me of this article that I wrote in the late 1980s about...
Benjamin’s Picture Book
Benjamin’s Picture Book (2000) 2000-07-18, Hawaiian Gardens CA.Based on my father’s...
Day Trip to Laguna Beach (1973) [Video Projects]
Diving into the Past Without Drowning:Day Trip to Laguna Beach (1973) Original 8mm Film by Joe...
The Early Bustillos Years: Mr. & Mrs. & Baby Kathie
The young couple from San Gabriel, CA, married and started their family. First to come along was...
Pre-History: Josephine Reyes Bustillos
Images from Before My Time: I began the “Family Photo Project” over a decade ago,...
Pre-History: Benjamin Bustillos
Images from Before My Time: I began the “Family Photo Project” over a decade ago, after scanning...
