Month: July 2017

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Hometown tour recalls muscadine wine, Wacky Packages, quirky topiary

Kelly Kazek

While in Georgia for a family funeral last week, I asked Sweetums if he’d mind driving past the house where I grew up. The modest three-bedroom home was built in 1967 at 123 Lake Drive in Warner Robins, Ga., home of Robins Air Force Base. I lived in that house from ages 2 to 11,… Continue reading Hometown tour recalls muscadine wine, Wacky Packages, quirky topiary

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The good ol’ days come ’round again, in 45 rpm

Kelly Kazek

The other day I saw old-fashioned record players at Books-A-Million and recalled the Christmas in 1972 when Santa brought me a case record player and an Elvis album, the soundtrack to "Stay Away Joe." Not long after, I succumbed to the lure of Elton John, Cher, The Carpenters, the Jackson 5,  Michael Jackson, Donny Osmond… Continue reading The good ol’ days come ’round again, in 45 rpm

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When we visited the home of gunslingers Belle Starr & the Dalton Gang

Kelly Kazek

  What kind of honeymoon is it if you don’t visit the homes of Old West outlaws, as well as an authentic marshal’s office? Actually, Sweetums and I never intended to visit the homes of Belle Starr and the Dalton Gang; as with many of our discoveries, it just happened. We were traveling through Missouri… Continue reading When we visited the home of gunslingers Belle Starr & the Dalton Gang

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Little-known facts about TV’s ‘Dark Shadows’

Kelly Kazek

Sweetums and I were watching a 1960s black-and-white horror movie the other night in which scenes were cloaked in heavy fog. It reminded me of the old “Dark Shadows” shows my big brother Doofus and I would watch after school.  The show ran from 1966-1971 so it would have been in reruns by that time.… Continue reading Little-known facts about TV’s ‘Dark Shadows’