The second time I visited The Music Box was two years later in the summer of 1967. The Fox, AKA Gary, (see posts below) and I took a road trip to surprise a girl that he had met the semester prior. I’m not sure how he and his lady friend met, but I suspect it …
The Music Box
The Music Box was a dance hall located at the eastern end of Houghton Lake in Prudenville Michigan. It was started by Lee and Shirley Kelly in 1946 shortly after Lee returned from World War II. They owned land near the intersection of Michigan highways M-18 and M-55. They realized that the local teens didn’t …
Smiths Grove
My mom was born in a house in Smiths Grove, Kentucky on July 19, 1920. Her arrival increased the total population to 811. By the end of the year, four other births were recorded for a grand total of 815. That number marked the all time high for the town. Forty years later, the population …
I Wanna Be a Dorf
I’ve never been a great fan of Halloween. I didn’t understand the “let’s scare the heck out of each other” part of the holiday. Don’t get me wrong. I took part when I was a kid, and certainly enjoyed the candy that I gathered as part of “trick or treating”, but the older I …
Another Northern Tale
Elizabeth was in the third grade, David the fifth and Michael was in second when we took the kids to Mackinac Island for the first time. We had a great time exploring the island. We walked through the main streets, bought fudge and t-shirts, held photo shoots like this one, and rented bikes. The five …
North Country
Ruth and I traveled to the upper peninsula the first week of August. All the kids were there so we joined them. Sutton and Elizabeth were making one last stop in the mitten before heading west. David and his family joined them to go camping. Mike and Kate flew in from California and camped a …
Unfinished Business
This is my 200th blog. One of the main things I’ve discovered during my 200 posts is my stories have resurrected memories for others. I think that’s a good thing. Some of you lived the stories with me, others were reminded of similar tales from their own past, and still others garnered a smile or …
If
If my dad was still alive, he’d be 100 years old tomorrow. He lived until June 27, 1999 a few months short of turning 80. That’s way too young, especially when I consider that I’m heading that way myself. He lived a simple life, worked hard, and above all else, he loved his family. My …
$66,234.59 + $15,000 =
I’m buying Ruth a new car!!! AND I’m taking the family (Ruth, David, Lindsay, Brady, Eva, Elizabeth, Sutton, Michael and Kate) on a cruise!!! When I first got married my dad had one common question for me. “When are we going to Vegas?” I suppose that he was jealous that I went without him when …
You Never Know
I have always believed that you never know what you might do or say that could change someone’s life forever. A kind word, or act, could mean a lifetime of positive change. A negative response could have equally negative results, but I prefer to look at the glass as half-full rather than empty. I’ve been …