Giant snowflake from Disney’s Journey Through Inner Space ride. Circa 1967. Read on, McDuff! When last…
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#Nostalgia #Football #Injury A ruptured Spinal Disk and Giant Snowflakes – Part 7
Gurney circa 1968. Read on to find out why I was glad it had a foot…
#Nostalgia #Football #Injury A ruptured Spinal Disk and Giant Snowflakes – Part 6
Disclaimer. I’ve never written out this story before. I have no defensible estimate of how many…
Chuck’s Dog Part 2
Chuck’s Dog I’m reposting this because I miss this wonderful dog. What follows is a true…
#Nostalgia #Football A ruptured Spinal Disk and Giant Snowflakes – Part 4
This is probably the only existing example of the attache case mentioned below. It’s posted here…
#Nostalgia #Football A ruptured Spinal Disk and Giant Snowflakes – Part 3
This photo was taken in 1959 or ’60. I’m on the end in the Cub Scout…
#Nostalgia #CollegeFootball A ruptured Spinal Disk and Giant Snowflakes – Part 2
In this photo, I would have been the player on the 20-yard line. About halfway through…
#Nostalgia #CollegeFootbal – A ruptured Spinal Disk and Giant Snowflakes – Part 1
When I graduated from high school, I went toUniversityof California San Diego. It’sexcellentschool for academic pursuits.…
#Writers #Art The Rat and The Snake
Today’s post is an example of what I call visual-writing. It’s a form of Flash Fiction.…
#Nostalgia My Time at PLNC/PLNU kids
The oldest reproduction of a Greek amphitheater in the United States, this was the view from…
#Nostalgia A miscellaneous collection of thoughts from my childhood Part 1
Me and my dad. I’m the one with no hair. Today’s blog is a miscellaneous collection…
#Nostalgia #HighSchool Dress Up and Other Fun Days
This is the best dress up day photo I have. It’s from the late 1970s. Thanks…
#Nostalgia Nuclear Bombs and Bomb Shelters
I offer you five dates in the past as inspiration for this blog—there are others I…
#Nostalgia #Relationships On Pecking Orders and Life
Penguins keeping the pecking order intact. I’m retired. I try to eat breakfast on my patio…
#Nostalgia My history of injury
This is me after surgery on my torn quadriceps muscle as a high school sophomore. Although…
#Nostalgia My Inspiration to Teach Re: March 1993
Re: March 1993 Preface I retired from full time teaching in June of 2012. I currently…
#Nostalgia Sputnik and Moon Walks Re: 7/20/1969
Sputnik, the first humanly-produced object to orbit the earth. July 20, 1969 was a Sunday. I’d…
#Nostalgia Thoughts on my 48th Wedding Anniversary
August 7, 1971 I possess a gateway to a unique technology. Known as the Latent Energy Accessible Neural Network Experience, it…
#Storytelling Story Telling VS. Writing A Story – Part 1: Story Telling
Me telling a story. This was about three weeks before I retired from full-time high school…
#Nostalgia. I know John Glenn did not walk on the moon.
I watched this event in my Pastor’s home. He had the biggest television screen of anyone…
#Nostalgia Duncan Yo-yos and Yo-yo Masters
Here’s the link to a short video of “The King’s Yomen.” It’s pretty cool stuff. https://yoyotricks.com/yoyo-videos/yoyo-shows/the-kings-yomen-promotional-video-2012/3436/ The…
#Teaching Tip #3 – More on (not moron!) Homework
This is the third of a series of 10 posts. All 10 posts ran on consecutive weeks. As…
#Nostalgia Use and Care of Oscar Meyer Wienerwhistles
Last week, I featured the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile and the coveted whistles its occupants passed out to us…
#Nostalgia Mitochondria and Weiner Whistles: Twins Separated at Birth?
You’ve heard stories of identical twins that were separated at birth. Over the course of their…
#Brain Why It Pays to Increase Your Word Power
The September 2017 issue of Reader’s Digest is titled “Genius Issue – Secrets to a Sharper…