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Rain on me
It’s another rainy day in Daejeon—the kind of rainy day when you know it’s going to rain on and off all day. There are the occasional cloudbursts, not what you would call “raining cats and dogs” but m… more →
Stopping to smell the roses
Rain on me
Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: It’s another rainy day in Daejeon—the kind of rainy day when you know it’s going to rain on and off … more →
Just Thought I'd Ask You A Question..........3/11*
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Doraz wrote 9 months ago: If you put together, or are putting together, a SCRAPBOOK for each of your children, what material d … more →
What's that woman doing with my husband...on television!?
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judithmara wrote 1 year ago: No need to panic. It’s just Wendy Smedley of Simple Scrapbooks showing a layout I created of m … more →
On the road with The Jerks -- Part 3
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Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: When it came to playing out—whether on the road or in one of the bars in La Salle-Peru—the band had … more →
On the road with The Jerks -- Part 2
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: I officially started working with The Jerks in the summer of 1981. I had taken some time off sch … more →
Eureka, Baseball and Greek Town -- Part 2
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Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: The next day, it was an early start for those of us heading to Chicago (I have recently gotten in to … more →
Eureka, Baseball and Greek Town -- Part 1
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: There are a lot of cool things that a person could do to celebrate their birthday besides just getti … more →
Crossing the Isthmus of Panama with Howard and Other Stories -- Part 4
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: Let’s look at the scorecard thus far. It’s 1976. I graduated from high school on June 3; six days l … more →
Crossing the Isthmus of Panama with Howard and Other Stories -- Part 3
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Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: From 1976-1978 I was stationed at Howard Air Force Base in the Panama Canal Zone. I wasn’t too crazy … more →
"Rocking and rolling, got my Kiss records out" -- Cheap Trick, "Surrender"
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: Well, not exactly having my Kiss records out, but when I was a small boy growing up in Oglesby, Illi … more →
Shelling Corn
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: An essay in progress. This is something that I have wanted to write for sometime but I just have ne … more →
Paul banging on the wall and other weird scenes inside the gold mine
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: I am not sure what I am going to do with this. At first I thought it might be a great introduction t … more →
On the Road with The Jerks -- Part 1
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Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: For almost a year in the early 80s I was sort of a roadie and light technician for The Jerks, a rock … more →
From Carbondale to Daejeon
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Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: You just never know who is going to stumble across your blog on the Internet and then either write t … more →
Crossing the Isthmus of Panama with Howard and other stories -- Part 1
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Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: I have to confess that I wasn’t too crazy the day I found out that I had orders to Panama. At first, … more →
Ten weeks at Del Monte -- Part 2
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: It was the summer of 1990 and I was spending my first summer in the Illinois Valley since 1985. Two … more →
Ten weeks at Del Monte -- Part 1
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: One of the more humbling experiences I’ve had when it has come to working had to have been the time … more →
Are you a Stooge?
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: Anyone who has ever served in the military at one time or another is bound to have at least one or t … more →
When the carnival came to town -- Part 1
Jeffrey wrote 1 year ago: Growing up in a small town in the Midwest, summers were always a time for picnics, outdoor barbecues … more →
