1960s – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

State Fair Memory

September 22, 2025September 21, 2025 Posted in 1960s, 6th grade, Iowa, Iowa State Fair, memoir, Octette, polio, singing, talent showLeave a comment

The Iowa State Fair is the biggest in the country, with 165 food items on a stick! and the butter cow. But the fair was expensive for a family of seven, plus Dad had had polio as a late teen and walked with a limp. The fairgrounds covered a lot of acreage, so we seldom… Continue reading State Fair Memory

The Gift of Music

July 26, 2025July 25, 2025 Posted in 1960s, Beatles, British singing groups, childhood, Iowa, library, memoir, mom, music, records, sisterLeave a comment

(re-run from 2022) Yesterday I went to a local library to hear two members of a Beatles cover band do one hour of lovely harmonies while they sang song after song. All the old people in the audience sang along. There were chairs for us, and the young people with small children, who didn’t think… Continue reading The Gift of Music

Best Album Ever, Rubber Soul

November 24, 2024November 24, 2024 Posted in 1960s, album, beach, Beatles, bedroom, California, CD player, harmony, LPs, masterpiece, memoir, Monterey Bay, sisterLeave a comment

Twice a month I drive two hours to my beach town to do house maintenance, see the waves, and take a break from the day-in, day-out of retirement. Half the fun is the drive, the music, the scenery along 101, surrounded by fields and hills, trees and sky. My old car still has a CD… Continue reading Best Album Ever, Rubber Soul