After I retired in 2003, Martha and I decided on a fun item to add to my life, Grandpa Camp. The grandkids could come and spend a week with me. My job would be to teach them all kinds of things. These […]
When my older brother younger sister and I were in grade school back in Evansville Indiana, our dad traded a vacuum cleaner for an old upright piano. It belonged to the Bagby family next door. I remember how they laid 2x10s in […]
Our neighbor Judy, who lived across the street, and is the mother of Tommy who had the run in with our dog, drove our kids crazy. She was always on their case. One week she stopped me to explain that while Martha […]
It’s been so long I don’t actually remember when Mike and Julie bought their two boys, Andy and PD new bicycles. I can’t remember if they were ten speeds or twelve speeds. Anyway, they rode the heck out of them. After about […]
On our annual week of golf one of the concerns was meals. Top priority when we got there was a trip to the supermarket. We created quite a vision. Eight guys with two or three carts pillaging the local Publix. Chips and […]
My first experience with Rockford came about to a disastrous day at the Tecumseh labs where I ws employed. I came home feeling totally shot. Martha said to sit down and have supper, things will look better in the morning. It didn’t […]
Julie. our middle child, while working as a counselor at Atwood Park, observed a puppy being tossed from a passing vehicle. Being the crafty person she is, she got the dog checked and shots at a vet before bringing it home. Martha […]
Although I never played baseball, I was very familiar with the game. Because of age restrictions I played a lot of fast pitch softball. My neighbor Bob across the street came over to talk little league with me. It seems that his […]
One of the crazy plays we worked out for hockey games we called the door play. It required that we be shorthanded killing a penalty. Our defensive end must also be in the same end of the rink where our bench was. […]
One of my fondest moments in hockey occurred after I had quit coaching. We had always stressed to the players that you have taken from hockey; you should give back. Many of them did, as coaches, board members, or financially. My son […]