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“Who are You? Who Who, Who Who” 20 Jun 2011 | 07:25 am
The Title above is in the Chorus of a Seventies song by the “Who” if written in the fall of 1940, I would be singing it as I was being held upside down by my ankles. There I was dangling head down be...
“Mother’s Spit” 16 May 2011 | 12:00 pm
Saturday nights often were special nights. Those who have read, The Saturday night Bath and Butterkruchen, remember that my family indulged ourselves in the Saturday ritual of bathing. The Saturday ...
” The Mother Lode” 1 May 2011 | 03:08 am
It was a small bag probably three inches wide and six or seven inches long with a pull string sowed in the top. Made of sturdy cotton or muslin which allowed it to slip into your pocket. I preferred...
OTC and Horseradish 18 Apr 2011 | 07:22 am
It’s late on a Friday evening and a small group of Tradesmen were in a local Pub for their weekly meeting. They call themselves “The Leather Apron Club” later to be Nicknamed “The Junto”. Ben is tal...
It’s 5 O’Clock 28 Mar 2011 | 11:12 am
It’s getting close to 5 o’clock and the Postman hasn’t arrived. Getting worried, my favorite Radio show is about to start and I’m not prepared. Before Television invaded the Family there was Radi...
“The Stalker” 8 Feb 2011 | 02:54 pm
Laying there in the grass behind the Stone wall I spied my prey walking towards me. My mind surveyed the path it was taking as I steeled my body for the encounter. Not sure why I have these thoughts...
“Cocoon” 26 Jan 2011 | 02:39 pm
As I laid there, metaphorically speaking, staring at the inside of the Cocoon where I had placed myself last December just before Christmas, with recurring thoughts of “get your butt in gear Old Boy o...
“Meet me at the Eagle” 13 Dec 2010 | 07:18 am
This was to be the third Chapter of my Book, however today it is a couple of weeks before Christmas so I thought I’d work in some Christmas memories that are not necessarily in the Biographical order ...
“The Seedlings” 26 Nov 2010 | 09:41 am
The place is Scotch Plains New Jersey where I find “The Seedlings” of my earliest memories. My sister and a really big house. Funny how you try so hard to recall early events only to discover that yo...
“The Seed” 15 Nov 2010 | 05:38 am
I was flying in a B-36 on a routine mission over New Jersey when we rendezvoused with two other B-36′s. It was really something to see all three of these big “birds” circling the LakeHurst Naval Air...
