Tuesday, 11 February 2025

February 10, 1964: The Most Extraordinary Day of High School

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      Moles, God, I hated moles.  Not the furry blind animal that burrowed under the ground, leaving the scattered eruptions of dirt acros...
Monday, 10 February 2025

February 9, 1964: The Night That Changed America

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        Then came February 9, 1964, and my world and life changed forever.  I knew the event was going to happen, but little did I realize...
Sunday, 9 February 2025

My First View of the Beatles Performing (On Jack Paar)

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In January 1964, a few month or so after I first became aware of the  the Beatles, I happened to discover that a clip of the Beatles was ...
Saturday, 8 February 2025

1963: "Are You Trying To Look Like A Beatle?"

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      The following is something that happened to me several months before The Beatles “hit” North America and appeared on the Ed Sullivan S...
Friday, 7 February 2025

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    Every week I look forward to Tuesday Night.  That is the night when our jam meets to play music and to lose ourself in song.  Everyone i...
Thursday, 6 February 2025

Getting More Hay During Winter

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          Everything gets more complicated in the winter.   Here is an account of me getting hay in January of 1993.     That Saturday, I...
Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Understanding Our Winters

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      When people hear of the low temperatures we get up here, then can’t understand how we we take it.   Last night it was -24°C   (-11°F)....