The Great Homegrown Ballpark of 1968
1968. I was ten years old and in mad love with the game of baseball. I watched it on TV, I read about it in the baseball magazines, I...
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The Great Curtain Conflagration of 1963
1963. A year that saw so many changes in the world: JFK was assassinated, the first American conquered Mt. Everest and General Hospital pre...
The Great Hornet's Nest Imbroglio of 1967
Kids that are nine years old have a world of imagination at their disposal. They can create a vast metropolis out of a few Lego blocks...
The Great Downhill Flying Race of 1966
Kids and bikes – what could be more American? I started riding bikes at the usual age – I think I was 3 years old when I sat on my...
The Great Drake's Coffeecake Affair of 1965
As a kid one of my most beloved treats was made by the Drake's Company, originally known as the Drake Baking Company, located in good ...
A Feng Shui Embarrassment
As a practicing Western Taoist, I am ashamed to admit that I still practice certain elements and schools, or styles, of Feng Shui. W...
Of Charley Horses and Long Discourses
It is perhaps an axiom that oft times our actions can be misconstrued as being something totally different than what they are. The man who ...
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