One of the fun filled times growing up was the St. Joseph Catholic church summer social. It was our parish’s big fund raiser. It included booths like you would see at fairs and circuses. There was the knock the doll off the […]

One weekend when Martha’s sister and her husband were visiting us, Mike who we called Big Daddy and I went to play a round of golf. We drove out to Ingersoll golf course on the west side of Rockford. For some reason […]

Although I live in a house and prepare my own meals for the most part, I sometimes go to the Town Center of Wesley Willows and dine. Wesley Willows is the retirement community that Martha and I moved to six years ago. […]

When I was about ten years old, we had a neighbor across Heidelbach Street who dealt in gaming devices including pin ball machines. For the life of me I cannot remember his name. However, it is not important. Our dad became friends […]

Here in Wesley Willows in the new section where Martha and I lived They have a little ritual every week called drinks on the driveway. It occurs on Fridays when the weather is warm enough. We take turns and these are scheduled […]

I have a new hobby; it has to do with my email. My daily routine is to go on my computer and bring up my email. Then I go through the list and read some and delete a lot. Mail I get […]

Martha and I liked to have dinner at the Texas Roadhouse. The atmosphere was always uplifting, and the peanuts were a treat. But we never sat in a booth, we always found room at the bar. This originally started because the wait […]

Living here at Wesley Willows is quite interesting. From the drinks on the driveway every friday in good weather to the many shows and entertainment they have for us. They also have a way of finding out who has an interesting background […]

When Martha accepted the position of managing the Beloit Visitor and Convention Bureau, it was at first a new job. However, as time went on she fell totally in love with Beloit. We even looked a ways to move to Beloit, but […]

A friend of mine who has passed on told me many years ago that when he was eight years old he decided there is no God. I don’t know the logic of determination that he used to get there, but he maintained […]