Memories

Aunt Amy, Echo Park 1948Amy was the sister closest to my mother in just about every way and more like a second mother to me than an aunt. Growing up in Minnesota she dreamed of moving to Los Angeles and eventually did. She and my uncle bought a house near Echo Park and lived there with their two sons for some years. Later they moved to the San Fernando Valley where she now lives alone; her husband and eldest son have passed away and her younger son lives in Utah with his wife and family.

Echo Park has gone through a period of gentrification and is now home to artists, musicians and bohemian types. The last time we were all there was for a family potluck picnic; I always loved picnics there because the lotus blossoms in the lake were so beautiful and the paddle boats they had for rent were so much fun.