WAYNE PARA (MY MOM'S HUSBAND) SHOPPING ON 79TH STREET SOUTH SHORE CHICAGO - SOUTH SHORE HOLIDAY FLORIST IS ACROSS THE STREET - I RECALL "FLOWER DAY" THERE ONCE A WEEK WHEN THEY'D GIVE EACH KID WHO STOPPED BY A FLOWER FOR HIS OR HER MOM - PRESTON UNEY AND I DID THAT SO OFTEN ON THE WAY HOME FROM BRADWELL IN THE LATE 1950s - I SUPPOSE THEY WERE JUST GETTING RID OF OLD STOCK BUT WHAT A NICE GESTURE IT WAS - I THINK THE CARS PARKED TO WAYNE'S RIGHT ARE IN THE JEWEL FOOD STORE PARKING LOT - WAYNE AND MY MOM ARE LIVING IN THE COURTYARD BUILDING AT 78TH AND COLFAX AVE AND I AM ON A BRIEF VISIT HOME FROM TORONTO - I WAS SOMETIMES SO VERY HOMESICK (IT REALLY CAN BE ALMOST AN ACHE WHEN YOU LEAVE BEHIND A PLACE YOU GREATLY CARE FOR) - COMING BACK FAIRLY OFTEN ON SHORT VISITS AS I DID THEN IS SOMETHING YOU COULD NEVER DO TODAY WITH INTRUSIVE CONTROLS AND COMPUTERS PACKED WITH PERSONAL DATA - APRIL 26 1967 - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE