Monthly Archives: April 2020

It’s Howdy Doody Time

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

No. Sorry. Its not. But it did get your attention! I’ve been cooped up too long. I’ve started to write songs. Just the lyrics. Over the years I have written a few with friends. One year my elementary school wrote … Continue reading →

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Eighth Grade Dance

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Spring 1964.  The last year of Junior High School.  Next year, a brand new high school building ten miles out in the country.  Three small rural schools would form a much bigger class…. The class of 1968.  But for now, … Continue reading →

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Grandma Eier

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

Grandma Anna was quite different from my other Grandma. She seemed fragile.  She lived a long life despite the tragedies she endured. The death of a toddler daughter and the death of her youngest son 30 years later broke her … Continue reading →

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Country road

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Life in the 50's and beyond...

A thousand times I have traveled this road driving cars, trucks, tractors. On crisp fall days with wagons of corn and soybeans, On cool spring days delivering meals or a thermos and chasing escaping livestock. A thousand times I have … Continue reading →

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