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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

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

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’

Remember candy cigarettes? Today, we all wonder “Who thought that was a good idea?” At the time, of course, those cigarettes made for good old-fashioned pretending (although that chalky taste was more like a Tums than candy). After I mentioned some potentially deadly toys on Friday, I was thinking of the questionable candies from our… Continue reading Highly questionable candies from our childhoods

Remember clackers? Or BB guns? Or Jarts? How many times did your mom have to tell you to "stop that before someone gets hurt?" What was your favorite toy that you would never let your own kids play with?