Through a dry and thirsty land, water from the Kenyon heights Pours itself out of Lake Sangra’s broken heart There in the Sahara winds Jesus heard the whole world cry For the healing that would flow from His own scars… Rich Mullins, My Deliverer, 1998 In the early 1950s, the last...
George “Meadowlark” Lemon of Harlem Globetrotters fame has died at 83. The “dazzling court jester” was also known as the clown prince of basketball. Those of us who grew up in the 1970s watching Saturday morning TV will remember him well. He starred not only in the Harlem...
Happy Fourth of July, everybody! I’ve scoured Pinterest, Flickr and a bunch of blogs for these Bicentennial photos. Big props to the moms who made matching outfits for the entire family! Where were you living on July 4, 1976? Do you remember what you did? I was attending an elementary school...
I’ve gathered some funny Easter pictures recently posted to Twitter. They include an awesome picture of a vintage baby stroller from 1963, and some terrific Easter fashions. Click on any of the pictures to enlarge them. Happy Easter! Also, please check out my related post, Scary Easter...
Nick DeWolf Selfie, 1958 In 1958, a computer pioneer and physicist named Nick DeWolf took a selfie while sitting in a Barber shop in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He was 30-years-old, and already way ahead of his time. It was 2008 when I discovered Nick while looking for images of Generation X. I...
All these years and I never knew about Punch Crunch Cereal, a Cap’n Crunch brand by Quaker. How did I miss this? So, I’m scrounging around Flickr for some images of vintage grocery store displays and I come across this cute beast standing next to Horatio Magellan, a.k.a. Cap’n...
This is me at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, 1970. That’s my brother Billy in the right-hand frame. I always wished his whole self was in the picture. I was born in L.A. and lived there until I was almost seven. Every time I return, there is a strange familiarity that brings me an odd...
I found this great series of photos of a baby named Jennifer. They were taken in 1974. They feature a bunch of great 70s styles including those lightweight aluminum webbed lawn chairs. These pictures are nearly 40 years old. I loved those old webbed lawn chairs very much, even if they blew away...
I received this set of Donny and Marie dolls for my 11th birthday. I bet a bunch of Generation X girls received these dolls as Christmas and birthday presents in 1978. I was happy to have them, as all my dolls had blond hair, but I never really liked the real-life characters that much. The Donny...
[Saturday Cartoons] I was born in Los Angeles and attended kindergarten and 1st Grade at Bixby Elementary in the suburb of Hacienda Heights. I moved away in 1974, but some of my classmates from those days went on to graduate from nearby Los Altos High School. Their yearbook from our senior...
Bionic Woman Doll | SherBarbie By the time I reached the 2nd grade, I understood that for every male superhero archetype that existed the entertainment industry felt obligated to create a female counterpart. For Superman there was Wonder Woman. For Batman there was a Batgirl. For Shazam there was...
I cannot hear the song O Christmas Tree without thinking about a TV Christmas movie my mom and I saw in the 1970s. It was called The House Without A Christmas Tree and although I forgot the storyline, the actors and the name, the overall mood of the film has stayed with me for 35 years. Starring...
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