One minor little mystery has been solved. One of my long-time friends from my days growing up in Richland, PA, was Randy Klopp. My mother and his parents, Isobel and Lynn, had known each other when they were growing up, and when our family moved back to Richland in June of 1957 when I was … Continue reading Randy and Ray
Autobiography
Ron’s Amp
We’re back in 1971 State College where Duane had just told me I had a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken but I had to wait until Monday for it to be official. Monday came and went and there was no word from Duane about the job. Meanwhile, Ron Funk had mentioned that he was having … Continue reading Ron’s Amp
Ron Funk’s Final Years
Ron Funk died on October 7. Because Ron plays an almost continuous part in my life, with only a couple breaks, from the time I met him until the present, I was going to wait until I got my memoirs caught up to the present day to report his death, but then I realized that … Continue reading Ron Funk’s Final Years
Ron Funk
As I was saying, I met Ron Funk at the first HoPS meeting. Ron was the first of several people that I met during that period who were around 35 years old and would be significant in one way or another, although I think Ron was just about to turn 34 when I met him. … Continue reading Ron Funk
Just Noticing Is Sometimes Enough
The other day CJ was talking about men giving compliments to women in non-creepy ways: Not to get all “me too” movement on everybody this morning but I really appreciate it when a man gives a compliment that doesn’t feel creepy. Ladies, you know what I mean.For example, certain male coworkers might say “I like … Continue reading Just Noticing Is Sometimes Enough
The First HoPS Meeting
During the period in early 1971 I maintained ties with the folks on the fifth floor of Mifflin Hall, as did Carl, though I’m not sure whether Perry and Terry visited there as often as we did. I still thought of myself as part of the Penn State community, even though I was no longer … Continue reading The First HoPS Meeting
Your Song
One of our frequent visitors at our Southgate townhouse was Denny, the Vietnam vet from Lewistown that we had gotten to know in Mifflin Hall who was in his late 20s but looked 40. Denny was still rooming with Ken, the fundamentalist Christian, on the fifth floor of Mifflin Hall. I don’t know if he … Continue reading Your Song
Capriccio Italien
When I was growing up, we had a record album from the Reader’s Digest called The Festival of Light Classical Music. It had pretty much what you might expect. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The 1812 Overture, Bolero, all the famous, easily digestible pieces. And it had Chaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien. Though, like nearly everyone else, it mis-transliterated Chaikovsky’s name. Chaikovsky had … Continue reading Capriccio Italien
Trust No One
A while back I did a few posts about the biblical Herods, and I had intended to follow up with one about Herod Agrippa, the last of the biblical Herods, but I never got around to it. If you ever watched the TV series I, Claudius or read the books that it’s based on, then you're … Continue reading Trust No One
My Top Ten TV Shows of the 20th Century – #10
This is the tenth and final post of a series. The previous posts are: #1: The Howdy Doody Show#2: 77 Sunset Strip#3: The Edge of Night#4: The Defenders#5: That Was The Week That Was#6: The Dick Van Dyke Show#7: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour#8: The Mary Tyle Moore Show#9: St. Elsewhere#10: The West Wing I … Continue reading My Top Ten TV Shows of the 20th Century – #10