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When I was a teenager in Tyler, Texas, we “dragged Broadway.” That means we drove that straight stretch of four-lane street again and again at night. We started downtown at the Square and drove all the way out to Loop 323. That’s about four miles. We could do it for hours, considering that we wouldContinue reading “Dragging Broadway”

My brother, David, sent me a photo of a 1949-50 Frazer automobile, recently. He included this note: “This is the car Mother was driving when you fell out.” It was not the actual car, of course, but a photo of one like our mom was driving. I am guessing not many people can recount theContinue reading “The Day I Was the Fall Guy”

A year and a half ago, I retired from an employer that has been a big part of my life for most of my life. With family and friends, Candace and I celebrated my retirement (thanks Zoom) from Wake Forest University as a new academic year was starting without me for the first time inContinue reading “Retired and at Peace”

“One more time.” Anytime my grandson Archer wants to keep doing something, that is what he exclaims. His older brother, Owen, keeps it simpler. “More.”  If it is time to leave the park or walk away from their toys outside and go inside for a meal, there is a good chance they will make those statements. WhenContinue reading “One More Time”

I first met my grandson Owen eight weeks after he arrived in this world. And, on the same day that he arrived in the lives of my daughter, Cassie, and her husband, Nick.  Owen came into their lives as a little fellow needing a home where he would receive loving care. Cassie and Nick wereContinue reading “Owen Arrives at Four”

At 67, I am okay with haircuts. That has not always been the case. Fifty years ago, as a high school senior, I swore off haircuts. I suppose the story really starts back when I was a Fifth Grader and I asked Leroy the barber to give me a haircut like The Beatles. He chuckledContinue reading “That Time I Swore Off Haircuts”

Standing outside the fast lane, I am reading that big companies are leasing enormous and expensive office spaces for their employees. When I read that a tech company is leasing the top six floors of a beautiful, new high-rise in a city, I think it is a safe bet that company expects to see theirContinue reading “There’s Nothing Like “The Office””

Friends and family members know I enjoy old TV shows. I’m talking about Gunsmoke, Route 66, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek (original), The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason and several others. Most of my favorites were made, at least initially, in the 1950s and 1960s. Why do I watch them? I do not know allContinue reading “Why I Watch Old TV Shows”

On a beach trip, recently, I rode my bicycle past an old hotel that brought back some memories. It is the hotel where Candace and I stayed on our short honeymoon nearly 47 years ago. The name is different, the paint is much brighter, but I find it easy to recognize the hotel that risesContinue reading “An Old Hotel and Memories”

I am sure you remember Prince’s “Little Red Corvair.” I had one. Okay, I know he did not sing about my Chevrolet Corvair or anyone else’s. But, if he had ever owned one, he might have written a different song. My red Corvair was my first car. It was well used (worn) and had beenContinue reading “My Little Red Corvair”