My Dad’s name was Lumir.
The first two letters of
his name became the first
two letters of mine.
My Mom’s name was Margaret.
The first three letters of
her name became the last
three letters of mine.
L u M a r
Dad's Lu
+
Mom's Mar
created a name with five
letters and I chose five
as my Lucky Number.
I was not fond of my name
during my school years.
I adopted the nickname of
Louie.
After High School, I did
not want to be Louie any
more, it was time to be
called Lee.
When I started writing
for The Kep Gazette Blog,
I dusted off my name of
LuMar and began using it
as my PenName.
My Dad was born in 1912.
In the year that the
Titanic sank.
Mom was born in 1918.
In the year of the
Spanish Flu Pandemic.
I was born in 1946.
About eight weeks
before the first
wireless phone call
was made using a car
phone in Kansas.