Venture Boldly
“It’s a tribute to the man, to his many accomplishments, that the magic of one word says it all … EISENHOWER – USA.”Rexford A. Bristol, August 6, 1970 My first curiosity started with, when was he born, what year, and when did he die, in what year? What I found out about President Eisenhower, he … Read more
“It may be anachronistic to think of Indians manufacturing sophisticated Foxboro instruments used for transmitting electronic or pneumatic signals to measure temperature, pressure, flow, and level.” — The Foxboro Company, November 4, 1968 This is the very first letter of Rexford that I did not feel any connection. When I read the letter from the … Read more
A letter landed in my hands dated September 9, 1969. Simple enough — until I flipped to the envelope and found two separate postmarks staring back at me. One said Washington, DC. The other said Moon Landing, July 20, 1969. Right beside it, stamped in red ink, an astronaut frozen mid-step onto another world. I … Read more
