Seeing a movie in a theater has always been a special treat. Watching oversized images on a huge screen with the sound cranked way up, eating M&Ms mixed in with popcorn and drinking soda through a Red Vine…well, what could be better for a kid looking to escape homework and chores. Some classic movies cameContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Xanadu”
Category Archives: Nostalgia
A Letter to the Past
Dear younger me – Hello from 2021! No, I’m not joking. This is a letter written forty years after your first serious attempt to dabble in fiction. Still have doubts it’s you/me? Let me regale you with a tale about a young lad and his “love” for his music teacher. Now that I proved IContinue reading “A Letter to the Past”
Podcast: 14,339 Days of Marriage
The one where we go way off script and talk about the successes and challenges of our 39-year marriage. Triggers:Toothpaste CapsDomestic AbuseDeathMoneyChildren We unpacked a lot in thirty minutes. Have a listen and let us know what you think. Thank you! LYL!
Grumpy Old Nevadan
CC and I are deep into our “It’s 6:30 Somewhere” project where we write for thirty minutes every day. My work in progress (WIP) involves a side trip to Las Vegas. Having lived in the Silver State for most of my life, it was pretty easy to pop out the below during tonight’s session. TheContinue reading “Grumpy Old Nevadan”
Throwback Thursday: Chuckles Bite the Dust
Throwback Thursday: The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeason Six-Episode Seven: “Chuckles Bites the Dust” In 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show brought us Mary Richards, a single woman working as associate news producer of the fictional Minneapolis station WJM-TV. A group of interesting regular characters worked at the station along with her: anchorman Ted Baxter, headContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: Chuckles Bite the Dust”
Podcast: Mind the Gap!
We recorded this episode on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in beautiful Fort Bragg, California. So what did we talk about? Perhaps the most iconic, romantic form of transportation: the train! The Iron Horse is not only a major piece of American history, it continues to move millions of people every day around theContinue reading “Podcast: Mind the Gap!”
Throwback Thursday: The Waltons
Throwback Thursday: TV EditionThe Waltons Season 1 Episode 11 – The Literary Man TV was a large part of my childhood. You might say I was an early “latchkey kid” who spent many afternoons watching talk shows, soap operas, and reruns, which is how I got into I Love Lucy, a show that was popularContinue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Waltons”