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Will the real Johnny Appleseed please sit Down78

Will the real Johnny Appleseed please sit Down

Who was he, really? Was he John Chapman, businessman,or was he our old friend Johnny Appleseed? Maybe he was both

2 comments    indians george washington 1950s
Murphy's Family Law of Averages64

Murphy's Family Law of Averages

It's about the story of a seemingly perfect family that was anything but. The facade seemed to be breaking whenever dinnertime came close. Can they keep it together long enough to get through dinner? Only time will tell.

0 comments    family relationships poetry
We got TV78

We got TV

I was in the 5th grade when my family caught the technology bug. Now I’m not talking everyone has their own cell phone or computer. I’m talking that we got a TV. Our TV was big and bulky, it was very heavy and had big tubes in the...

0 comments    entertainment 1950s
We Moved to the 'Burbs70

We Moved to the 'Burbs

When I was 8 we moved. Our new house was brick and it had 3 bedrooms and one bathroom. For the first time in my life, I would go to bed without my sister beside me. It was cool. Julia needed her space and I needed mine. The first...

0 comments    parenting working together
Grosse Freiheit: The Beatles in Hamburg78

Grosse Freiheit: The Beatles in Hamburg

The Beatles, as John would say, were born in Liverpool but grew up in Hamburg. Hamburg offered the boys what they needed to become legends of culture and rock music: the freedom to create and recreate themselves and the opportunity to practice... A LOT.

0 comments    beatles john lennon the beatles
We Move65

We Move

When I was 8 we moved. Our new house was brick and it had 3 bedrooms. We had a bathroom between Julia's roome and mine. That was the only bathroom. For the first time in my life, I would go to bed without my sister beside me. It was cool. ...

0 comments    nostalgia family life 1950s
Fourth of July66

Fourth of July

Fourth of July was always one of the best times. Our whole family got together for one huge family picnic. All of my Mom’s side of the family was at the picnic. She had 3 older half sisters and an older half brother. If that wasn’t enough, she...

0 comments    family activities july 4th
Fishing With Dad74

Fishing With Dad

Fishing With Dad My dad really liked fishing. He would hike for hours and fish streams for hours on end, and Boots was always with him. She would lope along, then stray off only to return an hour later with a very dirty face and very dirty...

0 comments    fishing hiking nostalgia
The Cabin67

The Cabin

The Cabin At the top end of our street was a big brown house that had several levels in it. One of the other kids in my class lived there with her brother and mom and dad. Her name was Jerianne Stuubins and her brother, Robbie was about the same...

0 comments    nostalgia family life 1950s
Skatin' 1950 style67

Skatin' 1950 style

Skatin’ Robbie and Jerianne got roller skates. Within minutes they could zip up the sidewalk from their house to ours. It was so awesome, and I wanted some roller skates so badly. Jerianne and I were about the same size, so I borrowed her...

0 comments    sharing siblings discipline 1950
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