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Once upon a time, in the early 1970’s I decided to build a sailboat “Someday”. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Blue Elephant
Though I was a very grown up 11 years old, I still considered Santa Claus to be an annual visitor and attributed global travel via sleigh and travel down chimneys to be just further proof of Santa’s magical powers. In … Continue reading
While America pauses to remember the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, I pause to remember my Uncle Robert (Bob) Eugene Norman a bosun aboard the USS California on that fateful morning. … Continue reading
1954 and I was 7 years old and a really big fan of grade “B” sci-fi movies. Saturday was the time to go to the matinee for a double feature, cartoons, popcorn, coke and JuJu Bees. … Continue reading
Back in the stone ages when I was a kid, there were some really cool toys that I remember playing with. The ones here are still available today from The Vermont Country Store in Weston, Vermont. I’ll add here that … Continue reading
I remember the blue elephant that ate pennies and the bubble gum baseball cards and penny candy I bought with them at Uncle Bob’s store. We lived on West Hendrickson in the housing project in a little house with a pot-bellied … Continue reading