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August 9, 2024 When Neil was about one, every day after lunch, I would sit down to play a few songs on the organ. Neil would crawl up to the organ, wait until my left foot hit the low C…

August 9, 2024 I was born in 1948, so my childhood years were pretty much all in the 1950s. Unlike the decades before us, we weren’t suffering through a Great Depression or a World War. We had it pretty good…

August 9, 2024 This isn’t a happy story, but it’s a true story… When Pop was in his early 20s, he joined the Air Force. One day, the troop was lined up for one reason or another, and the troop…

August 7, 2024 One day, Peter and I were sitting in the parking lot of a mini-mall next to McDonald’s, enjoying sundaes. He looked up at the little mall and said, “Oh, look, now they have a delicaseen. Of course,…

August 7, 2024 One day, Angie and I were talking about our dishwashers, and she told me about a conversation she had had with Jenn. It went like this: Jenn: “I put everything in the dishwasher, including pots and pans.”…

July 27, 2024 Organs were common in homes in the 1970s. The trend started when Hammond introduced its Piper organ, a one-keyboard instrument that was fairly easy to play. In fact, that’s when my desire to learn to read music…

July 20, 2024 Well, this sure was a big surprise. Austin and Coco dropped over for a visit, and after some casual conversation, they presented us with a sonogram. I looked at it, my mouth fell open, and I was…