Archive for the '1985' Category
The Day We Shot the Bullfrog
• March 3, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1985, 1986, 1987, Family, girlfriends, Hopkins
Tags: bullfrog, diaries, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fingerhut, journals, memories, Nobody Loves Me, photos, Sally, the Family Project
The Horseshoe
• June 10, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1985, Casco Point, Minnetrista, Writing
Tags: boathouse, Datsun GX coupe, depressive episode, diaries, Fingerhut, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Hopkins, horseshoes, Iowa City, journals, La Brea Tar Pits, luck, Mayer, memory, Mound, nostalgia, nostalgia neuralgia, Rogers, Strom, Susan, The Big Time, totem, wishful thinking
Ladder (Part 1)
• May 13, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1985, 1986, 2016, Books, Hopkins, Maryland, Mound, Olney, Reading
Tags: Abi, apartment, Bethel Methodist, bookshelf, Cub Scouts, Father Bob, fathers, Grand Avenue, Grand Performance, invisible friend, Kermit the Frog, Knollwood Towers West, Lakewood, Lowry Nature Center, pine tree, sons, St. Paul, Wisconsin
Tomb of the Unknown Family
• February 19, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1985, Minnesota, Reading, Writing
Tags: astrophysicist, books, Crocus Hill, Family Project, Family Project elements, Linwood Avenue, Little Free Library, M. Scott Peck, MIT, Our Town, psychology, Saint Paul, Stanford, storytelling, The Road Less Traveled, University of Minnesota
Hey Mr. DJ!
• January 29, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1975, 1985, 1986, Casco Point, Hopkins, Iowa, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Music, Writing
Tags: Baibi Vegners, Bruce Springsteen, Captain and Tennille, Casco Point, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, David Bowie, DJ, E.G. Marshall, Elton John, Forest Lake, Gillette, Grandpa Maupin, Helen Reddy, Hopkins, Iowa City, Jeff Taylor, John Sebastian, Juicy Fruit, KDWB, Knollwood Towers West, Michelle, Miloš Forman, Neil Sedaka, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pall Malls, Panasonic flip clock radio, pop music, Queen, radio, Rob Sherwood, rock concerts, St. Paul Civic Center, Sweet, The Carpenters, The Eagles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Theron Hollingsworth, Tony Orlando and Dawn, True Don Bleu, Walker Art Center, WCCO, WDGY, WLKX-FM
Three Octobers
• October 9, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1985, 1995, 2005, 2006, Writing
Tags: calendars, Cathedral Hill, chocoloate chip cookies, Datsun, depression, diaries, East Coast, Excelsior, Fingerhut, Game Farm Road, high school, Howard Johnson's, Indiana, infidelity, journals, labyrinths, Liz, Michelle, Michigan, Minnetonka, Minnetonka Mist, Northfield, Patrick, Paul, Spring Park, Summit Hill, The Greenhouse, Theron Hollingsworth, track and field, William Frost
No One Ever Left Alive in Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Part 2)
• September 18, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1985, Iowa, Minnetrista
Tags: Anti-apartheid, Boswell, Bud Morris, Chris Hampl, Crèvecœur, Currier Hall, Datsun, Dick Bray, Dolphin's, English-Philosophy Building, Fingerhut, Fitzpatrick's, Greyhound, Hancher Auditorium, Harv's House, Hopkins, Iowa City, Jane, Jessup Hall, Jim, John Sayles, Laura Speaks, Mayflower Hall, Minneapolis Tribune, Pentacrest, proofreading, REM, Rick Kubat, Ron Howard, Samuel Johnson, Selected Authors, St. Louis, Stephen Biko, The Crow's Nest, Therese, University of Iowa, Volkswagen Bug, Wayne Franklin, Yolanda
No One Ever Left Alive in Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Part 1)
• September 11, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1985, Iowa, Loneliness
Tags: Alvy Singer, Annie Hall, Boys With Toys, Brian, Bud Morris, Carol, Chris Hampl, Currier Hall, Dick Bray, Dolphin's, Doug, Dr. Fix, George's, graham crackers, Gundy, Harv's House, Iowa City, Jane, Jethro's, Jim, Kim, Lakewood, Lamoni, Laura Speaks, literature, Louisville, Mayflower Hall, Quad Cities, Rick Kubat, Sue Rolfe, Ted, The Crow's Nest, Valentine's Day, Wayne Franklin, Woody Allen
Head Room
• August 7, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1984, 1985, 2015, Iowa, Writing
Tags: cemetery, clouds, Daily Iowan, gravestones, Hickory Hill Park, Insomnia, Iowa City, literary magazines, Mother & Child, Nate Oliver, perfectionism, procrastinating, The Iowa Rag, University of Iowa, writer's block
A Ghost Through the Fog
• March 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1979, 1980, 1985, Lakewood, Minnesota, Writing
Tags: Bud Morris, Dave LaGue, Deborah Fisher, Fleetwood Mac, J.D. Salinger, Ken Maeckelbergh, Margaret Atwood, Minnesota Public Radio, Pontiac Le Mans, Rainer Maria Rilke, Stevie Nicks, Tusk, University of Iowa, Warren Dahl
Completely in the Dark 