The Terrible Catsafterme

I previously wrote about my first visit with Ira and Mildred Cline in the posting found here. That was my first visit, and this one from 1980 – if I am calculating correctly – was my third. This excursion was taken during our June trip to Siesta Key. Darlene, who was on this vacation with us, was beginning to feel the pangs of homesickness, so decided to stay back at our condo for some alone-time. Here are a few photos from our day with Ira and Mildred. Read the rest of this entry »

Mom remembers that the Central Printing condo was on a very private area of the beach. In fact Siesta Key itself was a very small and mostly private island – so whenever we had to go into town for food, we had to drive our new 1980 Buick (which my Dad remembers had stick shift problems on the way down and had to be looked at) into Sarasota. Therefore, mostly we stayed at our little condo and ate meals that my Mom cooked and swam in the ocean (allowing ample time as not to get cramps). As indicated by the following pictures, we did do quite a bit of splashing in the waves.

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Second grade had ended and I was unleashed upon the first Summer of the 1980’s. In June we took our first vacation of the year – to my Dad’s company-owned condo in Siesta Key, Florida. I have lots of pictures from this trip but mostly only vague recollections of it. What I do recall, was that I was unbearbly excited about going on it. “VACATION” had begun to elicit a strong emotional response about this time of my life and I simply could not wait to leave. Darlene went with us, which upped the excitablilty factor even more. Read the rest of this entry »

I have a slew of fond memories of my time in second grade class taught by Mrs. Deets at Fairbrook Elementary, like…

…bringing my word searches that I made for our L&H tent’s newsletter and Mrs. Deets making copies of them and passing them out to the class. Read the rest of this entry »

Herewith the cast of my 1980 diary:

Lee Ballinger: Lee was definitely the ‘co-star’ of this diary as you can see from the numerous mentions of him from day to day. The postings are pretty much self-explanatory, but indicate a shared sense of slapstick humor. Lee was a year older than me, but in the same grade. We met when I was in first grade so had only known each other for a few months when this diary began. From what I recall, we met on the bus and soon began making visits to each other’s houses. Read the rest of this entry »