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Ripples in time…
In 1976, I graduated from high school in Clinton, Iowa. I guess where is not really important to the issue, but thought I would mention it. Shortly after high school, I joined the Iowa Army National Guard–I was seventeen. The draft and the Vietnam War had both ended and America was a nation at peace. Continue reading
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Mushrooms
I’m sure my daughter would tell you that I often try to make a life lesson out of everything…or at least that is how I interpreted the eye roll. When she was a teenager and was beginning her dating experience, one piece of advice I gave her was to look for the guy who would Continue reading
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Driving…and moonshine
When I was 14 or 15 (in the early 1970’s), my father was teaching me to drive on the dirt roads of Middle Tennessee. During one such lesson, he told me that when he was my age he was running moonshine, but never explained or really mentioned it again. Although, I do recall a trip Continue reading
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What?
If you read my profile you will find that it says that I am “a son of Tennessee, born in exile”. You may wonder what that means. My ancestors arrived in Tennessee in 1804 and remained there until 1957 when my parents married and moved from Middle Tennessee and went to the Chicago area, where Continue reading
Tennessee Drifter 