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Sewing the Seeds of Change

December 31, 2008 – 6:18 pm | 3 Comments | 1 views
Sewing the Seeds of Change

Like millions of other “Baby Boomers“, I turned sixty years old in 2008.  In some ways its hard to believe that three quarters of my life has gone by so quickly, yet in other ways it feels like the World has been totally transformed from the days of my youth in the 1960′s.  Although I’m sure that most people look back …

The Saturday Afternoon Matinee

October 20, 2008 – 9:51 am | 3 Comments | 0 views
The Saturday Afternoon Matinee

As a card carrying baby-boomer, I often think back to when I was a child in the late fifties and early sixties, when going to the Saturday afternoon matinee at the local theater was a joyfully anticipated experience.  That was before the time of huge, concrete block “Cine-plexes”, when all theaters were local, and each one of them had unique character. In …

Well Mom, "Say Goodnight Gracie"

May 8, 2008 – 8:12 am | 2 Comments | 1 views
Well Mom, "Say Goodnight Gracie"

My mom passed away eleven years ago. Somehow it doesn’t seem that long ago. When we lose someone we love, it is always too soon. So with Mother’s Day approaching I find myself thinking about her even more. She was a contradiction in terms in many ways. A lovely woman, she was known for the beautiful flowing satin gowns she wore …

I’m A “Rambler” Man

April 7, 2008 – 3:00 pm | One Comment | 2 views
I’m A “Rambler” Man

There is absolutely no doubt about it; a 60′s era Rambler has no status at all.  My father bought a new one back in 1960, and was not dissuaded by the agonized pleadings by my two brothers and myself against making this purchase.  For those of you who may have forgotten, Ramblers were the last-ditch effort by American Motors Company to stay alive in the U.S. automobile market.  Although the …

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