Regular Car Reviews: Regular Cars for Mortals “Cars are machines. But they’re also art form in what they inspire in auto enthusiasts. In a literary sense, cars are romanticism. The emotions they create overpower reason and fical responsibility. And that’s true of just about every...
My friend in red tights and tennis shoes, circa 1971 This is a picture of my friend and her little brother. It was taken in the early 1970s when she was living in base housing. I first met her in the late 1970s at a church camp in East Texas. In the fall of 1985, I met up with her again in...
The rainbow wedding of the 1970s primarily played out in bridesmaids’ dresses. It’s one of the best wedding trends of all times in my opinion. When I was a little girl I was definitely gonna have a rainbow wedding. I still love all those pastel colors together. I even love the hats and...
American Motors Corporation introduced the AMC Gremlin in 1970. One of my friend’s in high school had one that was a faded purple with white stripes. It looked like a high top tennis shoe. What fun it would be to have one of these rides! 1972 Trailer-Train, Milwaukee marshaling yard,...
Who Is Dorothy Stratten? Dorothy Stratten (1960-1980) was a Canadian-born Playboy playmate and actress. Sadly, she was murdered by her husband Paul in the midst of a divorce battle. I stumbled upon Dorothy’s story on a website dedicated to the late beauty. The author describes her as having...
In This Brief Life In This Brief Life, by Eugene Richards, is a collection of more than 50 years of mostly unseen photographs. It features some of the photographer’s earliest pictures of sharecropper life in the Arkansas Delta. In addition, many of the photos feature young Gen-Xers including...
We are so proud of our son Sullivan. Earlier this fall, he decided to tryout for Grease, this year’s school musical selection. He’s never been in a production before so it was really exciting when he landed a major supporting role. He played Kenickie Murdoch, the “tough-looking,...
How To Trim A Hoop Baton, etc. Check out these beautiful pictures of Bridgy twirling her hoop baton on the sideline at the McGuinness Homecoming game on September 21, 2023. The theme of the game was “gold out” so we trimmed her hoop baton with this amazing gold fringe. She found it on...
The Super Bridgy is growing up, y’all. Check out these amazing photos of her taken by the talented Oklahoma City photographer, Ms. Diana Bittle. Wow! We are so blessed and very grateful. These pictures were taken at the tailgating party at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, and later at...
I don’t remember people loving fall so much when I was a kid. Certainly, there were no pumpkin-spice lattes or other fanciful autumn drinks readily available in the 60s, 70s, 80s, or even 90s. I get a little queasy if I think about the mass manufacturing of the fall drink mixes that are...
Jeanna would have been 54 today. Born in 1967, she died in December from complications of COVID. I met Jeanna during my first days of college when I was just 17-years-old. We both lived on the 5th floor of Hatley Hall at Southern Nazarene University. She was a stunning beauty driving around campus...
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