Archive for the 'Iowa' Category
A Run for the Roses (Part 1)
• November 15, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Indiana, Indianapolis, Iowa, Kentucky, St. Paul, Travel
Tags: 12-ounce Coors beer, AM radio, Arrested Development, Bardstown Road, Borderlines, Bud Morris, Cherokee Park, Churchill Downs, Cricketeer jacket, Eastern Parkway, Ellen Morris, Essen Haus, Gordon Lightfoot, Grandpa Adams, Grandpa Maupin, Highway 61, Huey Piano Smith, instant coffee, John Goodman, Johnny Rivers, Joshua, Kelligan's Cafe, Kentucky Derby, La Crosse, Louisville, Lynn Birkett, Madison, Marcy, Midwest Creole, Mint Juleps, Mitsubishi “Mighty Max” pickup truck, Mr. Wendal, New York, NRBQ, Peachtree Street, Statue of Liberty, Steve Ferguson, Tennessee, the road, Tony Curtis, wanderlust, wedding
Keepsake (Part 1)
• March 24, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 1988, Hopkins, Iowa, Music, Theater, Writing
Tags: American Pie, Buddy Holly, Buddy's Scrapbook, Chester, Chevy Bel Air, Clear Lake, Comanches, Dean McLeary, Don McLean, filmmaking, J.I. Allison, Jeffrey Dunne, Joe B. Mauldin, John Ford, John Wayne, Jon Bream, Leonard Bernstein, Matt J. Durand, New York City, nom de plume, Paul McCartney, photography, StarTribune, Summit Avenue, Surf Ballroom, The Crickets, The Crowded Room, The Dumond Stories, The Searchers, Well...All Right, West Side Story
Rediscovering Dumond
• March 17, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, Hopkins, Iowa, Minnesota, Writing
Tags: AIDS, diaries, Dumond Stories, earning power, handwriting, journals, Kafkian, power dressing, singles bars, Super 8, The Crowded Room
You Were My Book (Part 2)
• July 15, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1990, girlfriends, Iowa
Tags: Bellarmine College, Bud Morris, diaries, Ellen Morris, Freddie's, Jamaica, John Birkett, journals, Julie, Louisville, love, Lynn, mix tapes, National 43-571, Pizza Hut, postcards, relationships, romance, romantic, Seagram's, service, solenoid, Stairways, Star Trek, T.R., The Beatles, The Everlasting Book of Love and Romance, The Moody Blues, Toyota, Uncle Pleasant's, weddings
You Were My Book (Part 1)
• July 8, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1990, 2016, Books, Iowa, Reading
Tags: Back Door Bar, Bud Morris, California, Ellen, Ellen Terry, Encyclopedia, Friends, intimate relationships, Kentucky, Louisville, lovers, Lynn, male-centric influences, romance, romantic, screenplays, Tennessee, Toyota, University of Iowa, Van Morrison, World Book encyclopedia
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
The Adventurers
• November 13, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1959, 1987, Iowa, Travel, Writing
Tags: Albert Juhl, Boy Scout Handbook, Buddy Holly, Buddy's Scrapbook, Chevy Bel Air, Clear Lake, Country Kitchen, Cub Scouts, Darrel Hein, disco, Family, Family Project, Hank Willaims Sr., Humboldt Wildcats, KTCA, McIntosh State Park, Mitsubishi Mighty Max, punk rock, Screenplay Project, Star Wars, Surf Ballroom, the Old World, TPT, Twin Cities, world explorers
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
Completely in the Dark 