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All of us have those little adventures we wish were forgettable. They are rather humbling. And the others around you won’t let you forget them. Here is one of them.

My wife and I met through mutual friends in our senior year in high school. She and I lived in different communities and attended different schools. She lived fifteen miles away.

Back then most kids didn’t have to travel more than fifteen or twe

Lions Club Dance Night

Thinking back to my old high school days from fifty years ago, the Lions Club was THE place to be for the weekend dance. My beautiful red head, CJ and I always had a good time.

But there was that one night!

We arrived at the Lions Club, around 7:30 p.m., just in time to hear the band introduce themselves. This band had played there several times before and had a reputation as very good musicians.

The band wa

The Mighty Lumberjack

  This is the story of a “Want-To-Be” lumberjack

Shawn was hosting the Super Bowl party in his cabin. I had agreed to help him prepare. Lots of work had to b

The Chair

 This is the true story of an office chair and a God-sent lesson to me. Only the names were changed.  

I was locked up in prison for twenty years……. From the hours

WWII Troop Ship USS Hunter Liggett ( A “Aztec History Blog)

(War Service Dates: June 1941 – March 1946)      

My Uncle, a WWII veteran, does not talk much about his time spent in the

Hearing aid history

Hearing loss in humans has been around as long as there have been humans and it is attributed to many things. Its history includes brutal and viole

50 Hats Of Aztec (There’s History Under Those Hats) The St. Louis Blues

 Hat provided by Bobbi-Mitchell Sanders

This was originally posted in 2017, but I can’t help it, the Blues are again in the playoffs.

Let’s start this history bl

“He’s Touching Me!!” A family story

The temperature was approaching 100 degrees. There were no clouds in the sky to protect the earth from the scorching rays of the sun. Shade was difficult to find.

Illinois State Police

 (hat provided by Master Trooper Gregg A. Cox 4689)

I enjoy finding the histories about things, stuff, organization, etc. I do not miss many opportuniti

Karaoke, an interactive activity for everyone

Before there was Karaoke there was Sing-A-Long With Mitch Miller, an NBC television series from 1961 -1964. In the show viewers saw lyrics at the bottom of the