The first time I heard of Uber I called it Hoover. Like the vacuum sweeper. I knew nothing of the company let alone the concept. My kids and their spouses taught me about it. Ruth and I were taking Brady to Chicago via the train to watch the Chicago Cubs play baseball. It was the …
Author: Robert
This Year’s Christmas Card
The first time I recall sending Christmas cards was my freshman year of college. It seemed to be the mature thing to do, so I did it. I picked out a masculine fireplace scene and sent them to several relatives. The next year I sent out the remaining cards. If you received yours, you’re welcome. …
Great Friends and Good Times
When I was growing up, we stood on the front porch of the friend we wished to see and yelled his name repeatedly. If no one answered, we’d walk to the side door. The quickest responses usually came from the front. Bill Graham lived across the street. His call went something like this. Billeeee! Billeeee! …
Blog 423
When I started writing this blog in the fall of 2017, I didn’t know how many stories I’d recall. I had a few I wanted to tell right away because they were important to me, while others were simply crumbs rolling around in my brain. I’ve learned some come in great floods, like poured cereal …
The Big Rock
A little over a year ago, we moved into our new condo and out of our home of forty-three years. I took some pictures on my phone of those last and first days. They’ve popped up from Google photos reminding me of what we’ve gained and what we’ve left behind. I have no regrets about …
Ring Tones
The first phone my family had growing up was a party line. We shared the number LIncoln – 32062 with another family I never met but briefly spoke to from time to time. I didn’t answer the telephone very often, but when I did, it was sometimes for the “other party”. I might hear them …
The Five Second Rule
The five-second rule is a food hygiene myth that states a defined time window where it is safe to pick up food after it has been dropped and thus exposed to contamination. There appears to be no scientific consensus on the general applicability of the rule. I’ve been a proponent of the five second rule …
58 Years Later
Fifty-eight years have passed since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. I was just a teen during his time as President but the things I remember most about him are: He was the first Catholic elected as President. It was thought by many that Pope John XXXIII would have a say in American politics and policies. …
JFK
I was sixteen, and a junior in high school, the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Mr. Hirsh was delivering his chemistry lecture when my former biology teacher, Mr. P, came in and whispered in his ear. Mr. Hirsh looked at us and said, “President Kennedy has been shot.” We didn’t speak. We just looked …
Ed 104
My friend, Ed, turns 104 on Friday. He was the subject of my first blog when he turned 100. Since then, I’ve posted 417 stories and he’s aged four years. At 104 his gait is a bit slower, and he can’t hit the golf ball as far as he once did, but his poker game …