Today is the third of June. Many years ago, I was in the shower, and Martha was getting dressed for work. during those days we listened to Bob Collins on WGN radio in the mornings. We were both big followers of his […]

When I lost my wife, my daughters were concerned that I would soon follow. They may have been right, we will never know. I was sending them pictures of meals I cooked. They decided that I needed an Instagram account. I was […]

I just remembered the other day a memory of a chain letter. As best as I can remember, it was I think in 1965.My buddy Glen brought it around. It was a booze chain letter. You gave a bottle to the name […]

Last night I received a call from friends in Texas. They said hello, and then the connection became really goofy. I told them to hang up and I would call them back. They hung up, and I dialed their number. It sounded […]

Growing up in southern Indiana, our winters were not conducive to becoming proficient at ice skating. Although we did have some very cold days, they passed before freezing the lakes or rivers. Snows would cover the land, and the soot from the […]

My Dad worked at a Chrysler plant during World War 2. It was the Plymouth factory in Evansville, IN. They built wings for the F4U Corsairs, a gull winged fighter plane. After the war, and when union negotiations became hostile. he quit […]

I was planning on having a lonesome Easter. Dan, Tracey, and Julie living in Milwaukee, and Stacey vacationing in Colorado. My plans were to get up and go to 7:00 am Mass, coming home and doing my crazy Sunday morning breakfast to […]

I don’t particularly like salmon. I can eat it, and I like just about everything else that swims. It isn’t that it tastes bad, I can’t really explain my not caring for it. If I am a guest at someone’s house, and […]

When we were first married, Martha had almost no cooking experience. Her mother did all the cooking, and she was very good at it. However, Martha worked very hard at learning to cook. I was very appreciative of this. Over the years […]

Shortly after meeting Marthaa at Purdue University, she invited me to the Sadie Hawkins dance. That is where the girl invited the guy. Today that isn’t so rare, but back then the normal dating was the guy asking the girl. I jumped […]