RECORDING MOMENTS IN TIME

Favorite, hum, let’s start with least favorite. English with the parts of speech, diagraming sentences, reading poetry, and writing. That’s right, folks, hated to write. Why? Because teachers returned every paper covered in red ink. Often at the bottom of the page in larger than necessary print is the word, Redo. Now, before I continue, I need to note that I attended two high schools, two years in New York and two years in Arizona. In New York, they still considered ninth gra

While attending the University of Arizona, taking a Western Civilization class (1968), the professor confidently stated that historically civilizations have a lifespan, on average, two-hundred and fifty years, give or take. I thought that was ridicules. The United States would last like the Roman Empire, two thousand years or more. The instructor emphasized these countries did not collapse from any outside enemy, rather disintegrated (degenerated) from within. The United Stat

The quick answer, none. But… with that said, let me share the restaurants I remember as a teenager back in Elmira, New York. Loved it. Number one on my list. The occasions were rare, but treasured. Family, sometimes extended family and friends, would precede after Sunday morning church services to Curly’s Chicken House https://www.curlyschicken.com/ Established in 1955 still exists today. Not fancy, but the food, prepared using “secret” family recipes, is always scrumptious.

I recall one fad I sought to follow with a tragic ending, a wardrobe fad. My parents were “believers in the essentials.” For Sunday...

I envisioned ending up homeless, standing on a corner, collecting handouts, surviving off the kindness of strangers. Growing up had three...

Icon a person or thing widely admired especially for having dominant influence or significance in a particular sphere. Perhaps: … a...

I was probably eleven or twelve, living in Horseheads, New York, maybe thirteen. I saw someone wearing a black onyx ring with their...

No. Had a few friends in New York, and then, when we snuck off to Arizona, left them all behind. Arrived in Arizona as a High School...

I was far more interested in participating in sports than in being a spectator. My grandfather, Thomas was a fan of the Green Bay Packers...

My favorite sounds? Birds singing, rain on the roof, walking in the snow, or a television, volume low, playing in the background as I...

I didn’t I don’t enjoy being the butt of a ‘prank’ and the idea of being the prankster is anathema. A prank, a practical joke or...

Dancing was a sin, it stirs the passions leading to sex or at the very least impure thoughts. They warned me to lust mentally, in my...

One way, by auto, from Elmira, New York to Tucson, Arizona is two thousand, three hundred nine and six-tenths miles. Double that if a...

Liver (could smell it a mile from home) Liver and onions (even when covered with ketchup) Variety of vegetables, i.e. broccoli, Lima...

Oxford Languages defines traditions as the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed...

I grew up in neighborhoods, if labeled today, classified as middle class. Dad worked for New York State Electric and Gas. Normally, five...

Until recently, I had a subscription to the local newspaper, the Arizona Daily Star . A source of local news, national news, and a way to...

I might consider this 1960ish Rambler Station wagon a classic today, but back in my day was clearly not a vehicle one cruised up and down...

I envisioned myself as a child, standing alone on a street corner, asking for handouts. Living on the streets. I felt there were few in...

You would think after seventy-plus years of traveling through the universe, including fifty-plus years of marriage, I would have a clue....