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Armistice Day
“The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month” When I was a young boy growing up in America’s Midwest back in the 1960s, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents who lived about a mil… more →
Stopping to smell the roses
Armistice Day
Jeffrey wrote 1 week ago: “The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month” When I was a young boy growing up in A … more →
Shop Class with Mr. V. and The Mazzutti Brothers
Jeffrey wrote 2 weeks ago: Shop Class with Mr. V. and The Mazzutti Brothers. It’s funny some of the stuff you reme … more →
When the Vietnam War came to a small town in Illinois
Jeffrey wrote 2 weeks ago: When the Vietnam War Came to a small town in Illinois. This is one of my more moving essays a … more →
100,000 Page Visits and Counting
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Jeffrey wrote 2 months ago: Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” Let us go and make our visit. When I visited my blog this afternoon, I … more →
The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster
Jeffrey wrote 2 months ago: One of America’s deadliest mining disasters occurred in the small town of Cherry, Illinois one hundr … more →
Starved Rock State Park – Named after a Native American legend
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Jeffrey wrote 2 months ago: One of Illinois’ “Seven Wonders” and more popular state parks—famous for its fascinating canyons and … more →
MTV in Goose's Basement -- A work in progress
Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: There was a time when MTV was cool. I mean really cool, like a long, long, long time ago in another … more →
Cherry's Merry Pranksters
Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: If you asked Eddie Parker what happened on Halloween 50 years ago, he would swear on his father’s gr … more →
The pig with false teeth
Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: Today is my grandfather Erwin “Shorty” Miller’s birthday. I have written a few ess … more →
Go ahead and jump!
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Jeffrey wrote 3 months ago: “Go ahead and jump.” It was our first full-week of summer vacation back in 1975 and my friend David … more →
The unexamined life is not worth living: Personal favorites and popular posts #2
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: Since I started blogging a little over five years ago I’ve blogged about all kinds of topics and sub … more →
Corn Detasseling: A summer rite of passage
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: For many teenagers growing up in America’s Midwest their first summer job is often not working at so … more →
Knee-high by the 4th of July
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Jeffrey wrote 4 months ago: I wrote this blog post a year ago and the other night, I looked at it again after a friend had menti … more →
Are You A Stooge?
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Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: It was exactly 33 years ago today when I started Boot Camp at Lackland Air Force Base in sunny San A … more →
Decoration Day
Jeffrey wrote 6 months ago: Decoration Day, that’s what my Grandma and Grandpa Miller called Memorial Day back when the holiday … more →
Corned beef and cabbage
Jeffrey wrote 8 months ago: The first time my grandparents took me out for corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day in … more →
Legends of the American West: Wild Bill Hickok
Jeffrey wrote 9 months ago: The history of the American West is filled with a treasure trove of colorful and interesting persona … more →
Let's all go to A&W
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Jeffrey wrote 9 months ago: Before the McDonaldization of America, when Ray Kroc revolutionized how Americans and later the worl … more →
Living next door to Alice
Jeffrey wrote 9 months ago: In the summer of 1971, before I went corn detasseling and before I had a run in with the law, two si … more →
