On my mother’s side of the family, I never had any doubts as to my ancestry. It is German Swiss. The Swiss came over from Switzerland to get away from the Catholic oppression. They traveled through the Cumberland Gap and settled in […]
My mother made sure that my brother, sister, and I knew how to cook before we left the nest. WE didn’t meal planning and how to prepare exotic dishes. Most of what we learned was to have no fear in preparing food. […]
Raising kids has always been a series of surprises. You never know what they are going to pull next. I’ve always considered it a part of growing up. With three we had three times the fun. Onetime I was out mowing the […]
My wife and best friend after raising our kids into high school felt the need to conquer new worlds. She took a job as a desk clerk at the quality Inn. Due to local managerial problems the home office came in and […]
That is the 1940s. As a kid growing up in the 40s and early 50s, there was no money for entertainment as such. What we did was played a lot of games and ran around with the kids of the neighborhood. There […]
During the war my dad worked at a Chrysler defense plant making wings for the F4U corsair. After the war, they went back to making Plymouth automobiles. It was a time of great unrest in the manufacturing industry. Dad was a charter […]
In addition to the managing of marketing sales and service, I had the pleasure of doing the forensic engineering for Suntec. This involved any time a product failure was involved in property damage I would go to investigate. I actually did this […]
Bill Graham formed the first Casey’s Fancy Irish band, which included Martha, Mike, and Barb. They were very good and in demand. They performed for more than twenty years. My only contact with them was as a roady and a fan. When […]
Our annual golf trip to Myrtle Beach took a turn. The Canadians were complaining about the high cost of air fare getting to Myrtle Beach, and exchange rates. I told them I didn’t understand, it was only Canadian money. It is hard […]