Expo ’74 Spokane and Hank Fonda
Sometime in the summer of 1974 we took a little roadtrip. My wife and I packed up the Roadrunner and headed east. We stopped down in Renton and borrowed her…
The Fourth Grade and Dealing with Change
A Tough Year The fourth grade for me was a tough year. I began the school year in Spokane. My father’s job of ferrying minuteman missiles around to the silos…
I Can See Clearly
I Have a Seeing Problem The Maxwell School was only a couple of blocks away from our house on the same street. Three things I remember about my school days…
Haircuts and Arson Fires
The Lay of the Land and How the Bangs were Cut Up until the time we lived in Spokane I always had a crew cut, that is, when I did…
Don’t Stop the World, I Don’t Want to Fall Off
Dread Was the Word It best described my feelings whenever it was announced that we were going to drive up to my cousins’ house in Spokane. But it wasn’t their…
Beginnings – Reflections in a Youthful Eye
Memories are tricky things. You may not remember exactly when something happened, you just know that it did. For instance the very first ever recollection that I have, either took…