When I was 8 years old there was a free program offered by the YMCA in Evansville IN to learn to swim. I have no idea whether it was promoted by public funds or just a community gift by the Y. However, […]
When Martha and I decided to sell our house and move to Wesley Willows we wondered what we were going to do with all the stuff we had accumulated over the years. We were moving from a 2500 square foot house plus […]
When Martha, my wife and best friend passed away two and half years ago, my daughters thought I would just waste away. I was truly sadder than I have ever been in my life but was able to cope. So, when I […]
You never hear of this anymore. I remember when our church used to make big caldrons of it and put it into mason jars and sell them. As best as my memories goes, we would start making it on Friday so it […]
I remember visits to my mother’s mother in the late 40s and early 50s. We lived in Evansville Indiana, and she lived in Tell City Indiana. It is about 50 miles between the two cities. We would know for several weeks that […]
I was born in 1938 and really grew up in the 50s. During the 40s I saw a lot of flying aircraft as P-47s were built for the war effort in Evansville. I never thought about flying on an airplane. I assumed […]
Back in my boy Scout days, a small group of us agreed to walk the Lincoln trails. These were three Hiking paths in Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. The Kentucky Boy Scout Lincoln Trail hike was a 33-mile trek that ran annually from […]
Our first home in Rockford Illinois had a backyard that ran up against Alpine Park. This made for a very quiet location and a huge playground for our kids. So, in addition to wandering the neighborhood they had the park at their […]
I was in Ottawa Canada doing some forensic engineering for Suntec. It involved an oil spill in the basement of a house. Since Suntec manufactures the pump and valves controlling oil flow I was there to determine who or what was at […]
I don’t remember what year or how old i was, but I do remember my first kite. It was a warm spring day probably in March or April with fairly good winds, and the skies were filled with kites. I would wee […]