


An Eye For An Eye
My parents were married in the downtown Methodist church and during my formative years we would attend this church with it's magnificent stained-glass ceiling. Dr. Moon was a most memorable pastor there.
Since I was hard of hearing,…

The Chime Motor
My Mother always tried out new recipes to serve the family. Swedish pancakes, Ebelskiver, Springerle, Pilaf and countless breads to name just a few things she made. Why she even pasteurized milk and made butter. Because of the multicultural…

The Schwinn That Never Quit
Over the years I’ve had a number of bicycles, my favorite being a Luison Bobett in a beautiful metallic green color. My father bought the ten speed bicycle for my birthday, but unfortunately, I did not have it for very long as someone…

Cleaning the Dishes and Other Things
At the age of 14, I started working for pay for the first time at the Boy Scout Camp as a kitchen helper, where we fed 300 people per meal. One of my main duties was washing the dishes, and sometimes the auto dishwasher worked and sometimes…

Running Away
When I was in kindergarten, there were over 85 kids in our class, and it took two teachers and some aids to keep us all corralled and in line. The room was extremely large to hold all of us and even had a full-size playhouse in the…
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