Life

The Quarantine Chronicles

    During this extended period of quarantine, the seniors, mostly widows or widowers over 80 years old are requested to write unusual occasions from their… Login to continue reading Login…

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Autumn arrives along with clean-up tasks

    Did you get your blankets out? We’ll still have Indian summer when the white cobwebs float through the air. You’ll be raking up piles… Login to continue reading Login…

Memories from the Boy Scout Jamboree

It was in 1935 when I was a 13-year-old that a man named James Carnahan, a 1926 BHS graduate who lettered and was a star… Login to continue reading Login…

Of cars, trucks motorcycles and cancer, there’s a story behind everyone of them

Sights, sounds turn brain into time machine

I never cease to be amazed at the human mind, and the things it can do. Now for those who may question whether or not… Login to continue reading Login…

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Memories of my Mother’s friends

    Have you ever thought back on the parents of your school friends and how they acted or lived? I thought of one today.   … Login to continue reading Login…

Looking to the Past

A piece of living history

    For the past 28-plus years, my wife and I have had the pleasure and privilege of driving near and far in a special piece… Login to continue reading Login…

There are squirrels, dogs, & photographers, two have tails, one tells them

What has happened to us?

There are, in the course of our daily lives, moments that serve as benchmarks in time. Usually those moments involve some type of significant emotional… Login to continue reading Login…

Beyond the Rusty Gate

Tomato paradise

    Sunday – what a nice day, sunshine and cool. Couldn’t ask for anything better.     We’re getting into the tomatoes now. Seems like you’d… Login to continue reading Login…