This saguaro cactus was about twelve feet tall when we purchased our home in 1982. Over the years, it had doubled in size until it ended up being …
Bad Idea. I know that my brother Tony was especially angry about this. He confronted my parents many times to no avail. (I think this explains …
San Francisco A few years after opening Ethel M Chocolates, Forrest Mars became very impatient with the rate we were establishing a retail …
At this period of time in my life, I was had only recently married Janet. Our social life evolved around many old and new friends of Janet's that …
In the early 1980s, Janet and I used to go back to Green Bay every summer to spend time with family. My ex-wife and daughter were there and it gave…
During the construction of Ethel M Chocolates, a big part of my time was spent installing the chocolate molding equipment to make the liquor …
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina When visiting Janet's hometown, Rochester, NY, I was often asked, "How did you meet your wife?" Which …
During the most difficult period of my life, I wrote this short story for an evening writing class that I took trying to keep busy and trying to …
I went through the school of engineering before the days of even calculators, let alone computers. The only way to do the high-level math at that …
The summer between my freshman and sophomore year in college, my dad bought a small, used Cessna 172 single engine plane. The intention was that …
“Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”Macbeth Act 4, scene 1, 10-11 To understand this story, some background is …
During my high school years, when my brother and I were barely old enough to drive, my dad bought a 1964 Corvair Spyder convertible. At first, my …
My only claim to fame in high school sports was that I broke the five-minute mile in track and field twice. Unfortunately, I only won one race. I …
My dad bought a used 1957 Chevrolet my brother and I exactly as pictured. He bought it so we could get to school ourselves. It had a 3 speed manual…
During my junior high years, I had a neighborhood friend named Chad who lived two blocks from us on Madison Street in Green Bay. I never understood…
I look back on my high school days with mixed feelings. I somehow had a good group of friends and generally good memories, but I was painfully shy …
Bear in Bar in Baraboo I think he first told me this while I was in high school. I then told this to my kids many times on long car trips using …
My first crush was actress Natalie Wood after I saw her in a musical called "Gypsy" during my late middle school years. I was way too painfully shy…
During my middle school years, I served as a candle lighter with a lifelong friend at the First Methodist Church in Green Bay Wisconsin. Every …
I know my sister Lisa still fails to see any humor in this story. As I reflect on this, after raising my own children, it does seem a bit …
One of my most vivid memories from the late 1950s was the night that I was inducted into the Order of the Arrow at Bear Paw Boy Scout Camp. …
I was between four and six years old. We lived in Tokyo, Japan from 1950 to 1953 on an Army post. We faced a quadrangle that had a common area …
About this time in my life, I was somewhere between two and three years old. In fact, my first memory was being scared by curtains blowing in my …