My high school orchestra teacher recently died, and it was interesting reading the obituary and the guestbook. Some of that person I recognized – a lot, I didn’t. It’s very fascinating how people will know someone and come away with totally different memories. Of course, some of that may be due to the person’s multi-faceted [...]
Posts Tagged ‘childhood’
Memories are in the mind of the beholder…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, Lane Tech, memories, orchestra on July 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The reality of the ’70s good girls…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 70s, childhood, good girls, Little House on the Prairie, Melissa Gilbert, One Day at a Time, Valerie Bertinelli on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the television screen, they looked so well-scrubbed and all-American. Many tween and teen girls (like me) looked up and admired Valerie Bertinelli, Barbara on One Day at a Time, and Melissa Gilbert, Laura on Little House on the Prairie. Both shows were typical 70s fare of family and lessons. The families were a little [...]
Reconciling the kid and the adult…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, integration, John Lennon, Vietnam War on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For whatever reason, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time on this blog reconciling the kid with the adult (maybe that old frosted mini-wheats commercial has stuck with me…) I’ve been pondering this today, and still don’t have a definitive answer about why it’s turned out to be a theme (and it’s an old theme [...]
Can my experience help someone else?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, frustration, homework on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…I’m trying to figure that one out. I recognized myself yesterday as my tutoree devolved into a full-fledged frustration fit. His frustration – not understanding cross multiplication of numerators and denominators to solve for a missing denominator. Even after I looked at the textbook’s example and wrote out the problem-solution process using their method, he [...]
Not Quite a WLS Big 89 Rewind for 2009…
Posted in media, tagged childhood, WLS on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished tooling around to try and find any info for a 2009 edition. It’s really fun to revisit the past with the Big 89 jocks that I grew up with and hear their take on the present. I didn’t find any information about this year. I really hope they’ll be back on the [...]
Depression habits make a comeback…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, great depression, thrift on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If my great aunt Grace, mom, and dad were still around, I think they’d be rather amused with what’s been happening lately. All three were deeply indoctrinated by the Great Depression. My great aunt was infamous for saving absolutely everything and wearing clothing until they turned into rags, and then, hey, she had some more [...]
The seeds of future blogdom…
Posted in blogging, tagged blogging, childhood on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My oldest friend and I looked through our grade school newspapers last night. I hadn’t looked at them in many years. And I had a few entries over the years, plus honor roll mentions and a paper coeditor mention during eighth grade. I was struck by an eight year old’s simple but beautiful (maybe I am [...]
My old school…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, Lane Tech on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lane Technical High School, Chicago, Illinois
Time to go back to my old school (see above) and take a trip down memory lane with this Facebook quiz…
1. In your senior year, did you date someone from your high school?
Nope
2. Did you marry someone from your high school?
Nope
3. Did you carpool to school?
Yes – [...]
The perils of responsibility…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, responsibility on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone has their baggage from childhood, and responsibility is one of mine – one that can really get to me. I had too much responsibility. I know there are kids out there who had it a lot worse – they had to take care of drunken parents and other siblings while a parent was incapacitated. [...]
Can a television series reflect real life?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, Mad Men on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just finished (with the exception of a few commentaries and some extras) watching the entire first season of Mad Men. I mentioned it last year on my Yahoo blog, right before the shows began. I was intrigued with the premise of the show and especially the time frame, 1960. (Yahoo entry at the end [...]
