A Run for the Roses (Part 3)
• December 4, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1993, Kentucky, Music, Travel
Tags: 35W, a real journey, AM radio, buckwheat pancakes, Bud, Carefree Highway, Cathedral Hill, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, Christopher Cross, country ham, CTS, Ellen, Gordon Lightfoot, Hoosier National Forest, Illinois, Indianapolis, Iowa City, James Brown, Japanese restaurant, Kentucky Derby, Louisville, Lynn, Mary Hopkin, road trips, St. Paul, Truth in Savings, Zen-like thinking
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
Broad Ripple
• September 9, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1986, 1987, 2010, Casco Point, Hopkins, Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota
Tags: Available Light Creative, Ayres, Basho, Broad Ripple, gasman, Greensburg, hair tonic, Indianapolis, John Rogers, Louisville, MCL, Methodist churches, Narrow Road to the Deep North, Republican, shoe polish, Town & Country Club, volunteer fireman, White River School
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
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
Finding the Nest (Part 3)
• July 10, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1984, Iowa, School
Tags: A.W. Pinero, Bud Morris, Cubs-Padres, Dan O'Connor, Deadwood, Elaine, Hedda Gabler, Iowa City, Jeff Gardiner, John Irving, Kim, Kool Ray & The Polaroids, Louisville, Melanie, Mike, Reuben Reuben, Rick Kubat, Special Export, Sue Rolfe, The Crow's Nest, University of Iowa
Finding the Nest (Part 1)
• June 26, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1984, 2015, Iowa
Tags: A&W, Abi, amusement park, Andy, Bo James Saloon, Bud Morris, Carolyn, Cedar Rapids, Christian, college, Diamond Dave's Taco Company, Diane, Donnie's, Elvis Costello, Gerry, Gordy, Heineken, Iowa City, John Larson, John's Grocery, Judy, Kay, Labor Day, Larry, Louisville, Mayflower Hall, Peter Gabriel, Progressions, Purple Rain, R.E.M., Rich, Rick Kubat, Scotland, Sharon, SOS Printing, Steve Bob & Rich, Tequila Sunrise, Terrell Mill Park, The Crow's Nest, The Jam, The Shy, Todd, University of Iowa
Completely in the Dark 