It’s no secret that I’m a life-long member of the Kitchen Gadget of the Month Club. I’ll bet you are too. I have a thingie that takes butter and milk and converts it to cream. (Yes, it really works.) I …
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We moved to Stockton, California at the end of the fifties.. At that time, thousands of people were moving into Califoria each day. Think about that: each day the state’s population increased by over a thousand people. (California jumped from …
Stockton, California at the end of the fifties. Read more »
Dinah, the Ur-MinPin When I was just a wee thing myself, my parents decided that every boy needed a dog. Could it be they thought that living with an infant and living with a puppy would work out? They had …
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I read, a lot. Anyone looking at my 2020 Reading List can see that. Twenty-five books on the fun side and five more on the Educational side. Most of the “Fun” books are froth. When I was a child, I’d …
Gay Male Romance — I Read and Live it! Read more »
After serving Mountain View Church in Butte, my Father accepted a position at Rocky Mountain College, in Billings, Montana. Hired as Executive Vice-President and Acting President, Poppa wore many hats at Rocky. He spent a lot of time on the …
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“They” tell us to stay at home. If we must go out, we should keep a “social distance” of at least six feet between people. Don’t go out to eat, unless the restaurant serves take out. Don’t go out for …
The largest rya in the world is Rudy Autio’s Montana Horses tapestry. I would like to tell how this remarkable work of art came about, as I was there. When I started working in the Dean’s Office at the University …
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In June, 1954, Poppa became the pastor at Mountain View Methodist Church in Butte, Montana. This was the summer before I turned five in October. The circumstances surrounding our move to Butte were sketchy at best, and in many ways …
Butte, Montana — 315 N. Montana St. Read more »
This post needs a soundtrack, and I have chosen the Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman song The Windmills of Your Mind. Throughout the post, I will link you to various singers’ renditions of the song. Windmills won an Academy …
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In June, 1949, Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips appointed my father pastor of the Methodist Church in Laurel, Montana. In October of that year, I was born. This is a bit about my early life.