Hockey puck stirs memories

I had a Seals’ hockey puck like this, although mine was trashed from getting slammed against a washing machine. By John Murphy Perusing social media, I came across a photo of a San Francisco Seals hockey puck. I had one as a kid, having won it in a St. Robert’s sports night raffle. My brotherContinue reading “Hockey puck stirs memories”

Good-bye, San Bruno Rec

Growing up in San Bruno, then a middle-class suburb of San Francisco of almost impossible simplicity, San Bruno Park and its venerable rec center were the hub. The rec is where we went to shoot baskets and play pool and ping pong.