JohnnyBerry™ is an unabashed ham-lover currently living in beautiful Downtown Orlando. He is blogging only at the request of his probation officer...
(I will forgo the use of third person until the end of the post…)
On Friday, October 10, 1980 (yes, 1980) I was at the Tri-Cities Airport in Blountville, Tennessee around 7:00 am waiting to see President Jimmy Carter.
I had just turned 12 years old a few weeks prior and was so excited to see a […]
As I am still recuperating and working from home, I mentioned to BetaMike in a telephone conversation this morning that I was going to have a “tomato sandwich” for lunch.
I admit I was a little shocked that he did not know what I was talking about. After all he grew up in a rural […]
Here we are on the back of the train that took you from the parking lot to the park. I am the one in the red handkerchief (not an ascot like some pretentious people would wear). I am being held by Mother, and precious Vicky is with our Uncle Eddie, my Aunt Juanita’s husband.
Uncle Eddie […]
On Saturday, April 17, 1976 I was 8 years-old, and went with Daddy to the Western Auto in Eustis, Florida to pick-up my older sister Vicky’s 9th birthday present. She was getting a Huffy bicycle (I managed to find photos from eBay of the exact bicycle she received that year).
While Daddy was dealing with the […]
I am not sure if the Easter “spirit” has moved me to think of certain song lyrics to be like poetry, but I heard “He Will Hide Me” for the first time last night while laying in the bed.I do not remember downloading it, and Michael certainly would not have.
But I laid in the in […]