|
|||||
|
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Amos Beals was an immense man, at least to my little kid eyes. Distantly related to my grandfather, Amos lived out in the country on a hardscrabble farm, and was perpetually clothed in a railroad engineer’s cap, bib overalls, or “biblicals” as he called ‘em, and [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The four of us – Ron, Eddie, Roy, and yours truly stood a few yards downstream from Dam Four and looked at the river. In normal times, we would have been on a rock outcrop about 15 feet above its sleepy green translucent flow. In normal [...] Playing God [Audio clip: view full post to listen] A young woman and I were visiting the other day and she confessed to me that she was a Catholic. While I subscribe to no particular religion myself, I certainly begrudge no one else his or her faith. But she seemed apologetic at her confession, [...] Blackberry Bruin [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Double Indemnity [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Bud Miller was born to lead. With 20 years service in the military, including the Korean War, when ex-Sergeant Miller retired and came home to our small town, he just couldn’t wait to get back in charge of something…and the Fire Department caught his eye. Our [...] Planting the Seed [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Got a minute?” he asked. I’d seen him around the area for the past few days. He was busy, landscaping mostly, installing water features, planting trees. He was a hard worker and so old I couldn’t even guess at his age. It didn’t seem to [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Joggers and runners annoy me. Before my lovely bride Laura ventured off for several years occupying Afghanistan, allowing me to become a gentleman of leisure and relocate to my scenic country estate, we lived in an apartment in the city. While there, we acquired a canine, [...] An Arresting Development [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Passing the Torch [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [editor's note: This bit was originally done for the subjects a couple of years ago, but it was thought it would be a worthwhile addition to this site. As such, it does not follow the same format as the other bits herein (the music [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Ah, yes – the holiday season. Most retailers and some consumers believe it starts in mid-September and continues through January 15. We are besieged by The Great Pumpkin, regaled with stories of The Pilgrims, who were, incidentally, not THE pilgrims but only pilgrims, beaten over the [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Christmas Eve. From the time I was a young child until my late twenties, I spent it at my favorite Aunt and Uncle’s farm. My Aunt Myrna and Uncle Wayne, their son Gayle and his family, my grandparents, my mother and stepfather, me, and in later [...] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] About 10 years ago, for the first time in quite a while, I went home for Christmas. Well, that’s not exactly true. Home is where my wife and I live. I returned to where I spent my childhood, where I walked the river, hunted pheasants, stalked [...] |
 This site created and maintained by
BeckBros Productions
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Heartland Memories from David Lewis - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
