posted by Chuck Ayers No quarter moon on this privy. We California Okies would sometimes visit our Aunt Minnie. Aunt Minnie was my mother’s older sister. Minnie lived just off the county road between Love and Carter County, Oklahoma. South of metropolitan Wilson, Oklahoma. A once upon a time oil and gas boomtown. Now withContinue reading “When ya gotta go.”
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What is that little shack out in back.
posted by Chuck Ayers No quarter moon on this privy. We California Okies would sometimes visit our Aunt Minnie. Aunt Minnie was my mother’s older sister. Minnie lived just off the county road between Love and Carter County, Oklahoma. South of metropolitan Wilson, Oklahoma. A once upon a time oil and gas boomtown. Now withContinue reading “What is that little shack out in back.”
I love the smell of fresh pressed rubber tires.
The Golden State/Sooner State connection. Having grown up in a tiny house near a major industrial area in Los Angeles, we were just down wind from the B F Goodrich tire factory. Almost in the shadow of the Willard Battery water tower. Just north of the railroad tracks near the Union Pacific switching yards. AContinue reading “I love the smell of fresh pressed rubber tires.”
What a cool place to work Pops.
posted by Chuck Ayers The oil refinery. My dad told people he would meet he worked as a night supervisor at an oil refinery. However the oil he spoke of was soy bean vegetable oil. That and shortenings and margarines. Most of which went to large commercial bakeries. During world war II a bigContinue reading “What a cool place to work Pops.”
No, we are Democrats.
The supreme commander of NATO came back to the United States in order to run for president. I told my mom General Eisenhower has arrived back in America and will run for President. This was early spring 1952 and I was in the second grade. By the way this was my first awareness ofContinue reading “No, we are Democrats.”
How about a buzz cut?
Just sit still Butch! Sitting atop several Los Angeles telephone directories and yellow pages placed on the seat of a dining room chair with an old sheet tied around my neck was our at home barber shop. The barber was my dad and his hand-squeezed hair clippers would be clicking up and down myContinue reading “How about a buzz cut?”
So we began to stir the pot.
Black History Month. I grew up in one of the biggest melting pots on the American continent. Los Angeles, California. People of color which includes Asians, Hispanics, Europeans, Africans(in the broader sense),indigenous people, Middle Easterners, Catholics, Jews, protestants, Atheists, conservatives, liberals, poor, wealthy, professionals, and blue collar. And anything else I left out. TodayContinue reading “So we began to stir the pot.”
Travel the world and buy a bank.
International Travel. East Los Angeles 1956. We got a call from our uncle Kelly wanting to know if we cousins want to drive with him to Tijuana Mexico. A good two hours south. And again this was pre-Interstate driving down the coastal highways. Driving the PCH and other coastal roads. So uncle Kelly shows upContinue reading “Travel the world and buy a bank.”
Who needs inflight entertainment,anyway.
Eventful flying. Spouse and I have flown here and there on occasion. Sometimes taking our daughters along with us. None the less, always a momentary adventure. Our oldest daughter flew with us several decades ago on Canadian Pacific flying from Honolulu to Vancouver, BC. A six-hour red eye overnight flight. CP air must notContinue reading “Who needs inflight entertainment,anyway.”
Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?
Disneyland is my place. I grew up with Disneyland going back to the old Disneyland TV show hosted by Disney himself. I visited Disneyland the first week it was opened. I witnessed Disneyland changing and becoming bigger and better after numerous visits I know the place. I love the place. I have not visited DisneyworldContinue reading “Where is sleeping beauty’s castle?”
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