Archive for the '1990’s – Early' Category
Protected: The Last Hurrah in Sebastian, Florida ’90
Saturday, May 26th, 2007That Tim White
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Tim White came along a couple of years or so after I was hired at the Beavercreek Kroger in May of ’89. He was in the ‘next generation’ of the bagger elite. I was hesitant to include him in our ‘ranks’ – that of Jon, Larry, James, and me, mostly due to my own pigheadedness. But I soon learned that Tim was a very nice and funny guy, who in turn enjoyed my sense of humor. He liked the nicknames I came up with for the other employees and customers – and he really appreciated anything that could get Jon riled up. Jon never grew tired of saying how angry he was at “that Tim White!” Read the rest of this entry »
Protected: More From My Graduation: Up Close and Personal
Monday, May 14th, 2007The Little Brown Rocking Chair
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Here is a brief reminiscence about a small rocking chair I once had. This small wooden chair was given to me sometime around the middle of the 1970’s decade. No one seems to remember where exactly it came from – possibly from my parents or Grandma Range as a Christmas gift – but I know that I spent many a happy a moment in it, parked in front of the TV, watching my favorite Saturday morning cartoons like Land of the Lost and The Monster Squad or sitcoms like Shields and Yarnell and Gilligan’s Island. Read the rest of this entry »