Sunday, April 10, 2011

Famous Twins!

 We were always in the spotlight!
We were the first identical twins born in our hometown, Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1939. The story appeared in the Framingham News.

Two years later, a reporter and a photographer came to cover the celebration of our two-year birthday (photo in my first posting, Twins in a World of Singletons).

Our photos and a few lines appeared in the Framingham News when we took our vows in the Paulist Fathers, a congregation of priests in the Catholic Church (photo above).

On July 10, 1988, the Washington Post Magazine published a cover story on us by Sandra Boodman entitled A Mystical Bond.The occasion was our participation in a study on the effectiveness of AZT at the National Institutes of Health. My twin had recently been diagnosed with AIDS.

In April of 1989, the announcement of my twin's death appeared in the local Framingham newspaper.

Yes, we were always in the spotlight.
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Reflections of a Lone Twin...

What's New on My Blogs?

October 2011
Here's the latest goings-on with my blogs"
George in Thailand
Since several members of my family have asked how I was doing with all the flooding in Thailand, I have posted some observations and three videos. In Meet My New Thai Friend I introduce you to Pramool. Charming!
Twins in a World of Singletons
I haven't made any new postings recently. When I have any new thoughts or feelings or observation on what it means to be a twin, I will post them.
The Lotus Sutra and Me
I haven't made any new postings for awhile, but I have plenty of notes for when I do.
George W. Ross, MEd
Nothing new here either. Since this is primarily for those interested in my background and experience in my professional life as an educator. As I am retired and not teaching any longer, I have nothing new to add!
A note about how I prepare to write for my blogs: I carry a little notebook with me, and whenever something that I think you'll like or that I simply want to share, I write about it in a new post.

That's all, Folks!

A Mystical Bond

My Posting of July 19, 2011, contains an article on my twin and me titled, A Mystical Bond. It was written by Sandra Boodman as a human interest story. I would be donating bone marrow to Jimmy in a protocol conducted by the National Institutes of Health. The study was to determine how effective AZT, the only medication at the time for AIDS patients. We joined the study mainly to participate in research that might lead to more effective treatments for patients with AIDS. There was a possibility that the study might help Jimmy; however, we all knew that the chances of his benefiting personally from the study were, as Jimmy said, "slim and fat, since the expressions 'slim chance' and 'fat chance' mean the same thing even though slim and fat are opposites." Jimmy liked those kind of linguistic canundrums. In the end, Jimmy got an added six months of life. We were both happy about that.