About the Author

The writer was born December 20, 1937, to Dr. R.R. Brady
and Helen Shrimpton Brady.  Following graduation from
High school my career headed first down the path of radio
broadcasting for a couple of decades, then turned to retail
furniture sales.  Though, I lived in several Nebraska
communities, most of my adult life was spent in Grand
Island, Nebraska area.  I have one daughter, Teri Ann Dudly,
who is a school principal in Riverside, CA.  She presented
me with a granddaughter, Dallas Dominique, five years ago.
My father passed away in 1957, but Mother lived to the ripe
old age of 92 before her death in 2003.  Mom and step dad,
Herb Harris, were married 35 years before his passing ten
ten years ago.

In 1990 my wife, Nancy, and I were married and moved to
Fort Lupton, CO where I spent another two years selling
furniture before becoming a fulltime care giver to my
ailing father-in-law until his death in 1995.  Finally in 1997,
at the age of 60, I discovered what I wanted to do when I
grew up.  My writing career started very accidentally with
only a desire to put on paper some special memories of those
childhood and teen years in Ainsworth, Nebraska.  My
columns being published was not even a consideration, but
strange things happen, and certainly did in this case.  For 8
years "Do You Remember" has run every other week in
the Ainsworth Star Journal, and for six years in the Nebraska
and Colorado Fencepost magazines.  Even more astonishing
was the demand for these columns to be published in book
form, which was done in late 1999.  My "Do You
Remember" book has seen five reprints and a second book
containing the columns written since the turn of the century
will be published within a year.  Writing has become my
main means of communication and for the past 7 years
have sent out a morning Internet letter to over 100
addresses.  This Bradyville family log of mostly nonsense
does share memories, recipes, pictures, jokes and some of
what my dear old granddad used to say, and he would be
amazed at some one liners he's accused of uttering.  Most
important is the fun we have as each friendship grows.
E-mail has become a vital part of my life and has put me in
touch with so many old acquaintances as well as creating
many new friendships.  Whenever called upon I try to share
my columns with area senior centers and assisted living
facilities, which is also a most rewarding experience.

How long my writing will continue is unknown, but it has
been a sensational detour on what, until now, was never
a well planned route.

 Author 
 Jay Brady