Category Archives: Daily life

When I went to college in 1966 I lived in Beyer House in Friley Hall. My roommate, Stan McAninch was from Indianola and quite a number of the guys in our house were from there too including Parker Swan. They … Continue reading →

At the end of March, Karen and I were running some errands when she said she didn’t feel very well and would like to go home. When we got there, she laid down but it wasn’t long before she said … Continue reading →

While Lance and Cherise were having their 15 year anniversary honeymoon, we were having Ben. He had his bike with him for his time with us. We had a good time riding around our street that doesn’t have much traffic. … Continue reading →

Today we sold our 1995 Chevrolet Lumina. We bought it brand new.   Early in 1995 we needed a new car. We started looking around and since we had had pretty good luck with our Chevy Corsica, we thought another … Continue reading →

We have been having some trouble with our old van and the muffler is about to fall off our second car so we decided to get a new van. We really liked the old Dodge Caravan so we decided to … Continue reading →

Bright and early Monday morning the phone rang. 7:00 to be exact. It was my mother, Paddy, asking if I was ok. I thought she was asking me because I answered in a groggy voice, she just having woken me. … Continue reading →

  Every year the small town of Mount Vernon, about 10 miles east of Cedar Rapids, has an art festival called “Chalk the Walk”. Over the weekend of the fest the City of Mount Vernon closes off two blocks of … Continue reading →

Our kitchen is finally done! I know it has been a long time since I posted an update, but there was not a lot of progress for a while and I wanted to have everything finished before I wrote this. … Continue reading →