Toys in the Basement

Back when I was a boy, before there was a Wal-Mart or Amazon, our family went Christmas shopping the old-fashioned way.  Once every year, the basement of the local hardware store transformed into a magical toy chest where me and my sisters would Oh and Ah over the toys that now graced the metal shelves of the Hugh Saum’s Store.

What are the Odds?

A U.S. Citizen and three Bulgarian tourists walk into an antique store in small town U.S.A.

No horse, no saloon, no long face.

Bake Sale !!!

If you happen to be in the Woodstock, Virginia area tomorrow Friday 8/24, stop by the Consulate Care assisted living facility for their bake sale.  It’s a Friday, so you’ll probably be needing a pick-me-up to get you to the weekend.  The feeding frenzy starts after breakfast and continues until everything’s eaten! All proceeds go to help one of the residents.  Here are pictures of my three personal favorites that I made to help the cause.

Beautiful, in German (schön)

Ten days ago, I posted a story called ‘Beautiful’.  It was meant as an example of the positive feelings of self-worth felt by one person after another person’s kind words and actions.  Two days after sharing , I experienced an amendment to the story.

The Central Brothers

First shared with anyone who would listen on September 1, 2016, this is an audio recording from 1978,  which is the  No. 1 all-time ‘hit’ according to the statistic pages of EarthToRobin.com.

Beautiful

Back when I was an annoying little preteen, I had a temporary moment of maturity and established the first of my personal tenets of Life.  If I could make just one person smile per day, just think of the smiles I’d produce over a lifetime.

The Circle of Life

Something just dawned on me today.  I’ve spent the last 7 or 8 or 9 days sitting with my Dad in the hospital (the dates and days of the week have become a blur).  As I order his meals, press the required call button for help or speak with the doctors, nurses and techs, the beeps and buzzers and pagers are muted from time to time by the moans and coughs and groans of his floormates.

Video-Church letting out on Easter Sunday in the early 1950’s.

Men in suits.  Ladies with festive hats.  Children in their Easter outfits.  It’s the fifties on film.  Saint Paul’s UCC.  Woodstock, Virginia in 1950.

 

 

Americana and a Motorcycle

Here’s a look back in time to the 1950’s in the United States.  This is  An old Homemovie of a Family and their Motorcycle  (that was a link to my ‘yet to be massive’ Youtube channel:)

My Adventure in Beautiful Bulgaria

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Uncle Bob’s day at Arlington

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Audrey Hepburn

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

Audrey Hepburn

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“Rocky Top”

In the folk’s basement, in 1978, my friends and myself were recorded on a cassette tape while making some music and sharing good times.  Kindda makes you want to tap your toes and sing along:)

Rocky Top recorded Live, in the basement

Boys in the Basement

This cracks me up.  I’m an old rocker, but Live Music of any kind is Good Music.  Originally recorded in my parent’s basement, almost 40 years ago, this was practice night for The Central Brothers and The Green Apple Gang (who backed us more than once).  It Ain’t perfect, but 9 teenagers hanging out together–pickin, grinin’, and singin’ is a pretty good thing.