Collecting My Thoughts

 Repacking my genealogy files today, I found a 1957 letter from Leslie, my mother's brother, describing an incident I'd heard about ...

"On a recent trip to visit family, I found myself frequently travelling alone on public transportation. As a female, out of my usual s...

After claiming during the campaign, that the virus spread was Trump's failure, and saying he wouldn't trust the vaccine (Harris said...

The longest filibuster was the Democrats fighting the Civil Rights Act in 1964, 60 days. "Fact checkers," always on the side of th...

The Crew Cuts were a Canadian boys group popular when I was a teen.  Today I was trying to get the cd player in my clock radio to work, and ...

Really?  Your source?  Did you know the government and its own predatory loans, grants, scholarships, etc. is the main reason the bubble of ...

In 2009 I was blogging about class stuff and found out from Nancy F. that there had been a documentary filmed in Mt. Morris in 1957 and that...

1951 four door Packard This morning I heard a story on TV about parents leaving their children off at college, and how long it would be befo...

The class of 57 had its dream And that probably didn't include growing old, but we did. Our former high school, new when we graduated, i...

The story of small town recreation in 1957 According to a July 1957 issue of the Mt. Morris Index (a weekly newspaper that launched the pri...

Not even a toe tapped or a finger twitched Watch the young ladies in formal wear behind Buddy Holly (who died 50 years ago with the Big Bopp...

Tipping has changed! This morning I took a Christmas card and a $20 bill into Panera's, addressed to "The morning staff," and...

Monday Memories--Thank you, Indy Barb Last week we received a DVD with photos of my husband's class reunion prepared by Indy Barb th...

Monday Memories--Is there life after high school I saw this meme over at Big Mama . She's been out of high school 18 years, so her mem...

4011 New photos on the reunion blog (Mt. Morris High School, class of 1957). By clicking on the July archive , you can see most of them. Th...

New stories at the reunion blog The ladies' breakfast Center School in Trot Town Town hang-outs

3776 Our class reunions We're going to two high school class reunions this summer, one in June, one in July. Enrollment at Arsenal T...