childhood

In grade school we wore navy blue pants and white dress shirts. The boys had triangular collars while the girls wore the rounded ones that little Catholic school girls wear. There was an unfortunate era when my sister and I wore the same size shirt even though we were two years apart. And, of course, [...]

Kevin on Google Street View
My brother told me to look at the Google Street View of our parents house in Tampa. I guess when Google’s Street View Team indexed our street - they caught something remarkable.

And It Only Cost a Quarter
It was a Jesuit, shirt and tie, all guys’ high school. Everyone drove to school or had a ride. I rode the city bus. “H.A.R.T. Line” was the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Association. They had a big red heart for a logo. Most were faded to a semi-brown heart that [...]

I grew up in a theme park. Busch Gardens, and it’s water park sister Adventure Island, were my babysitters. They were Grandma’s house. There were where I went when I was too sick to go to school or school was closed for a holiday. Where my sister and I did our homework when the parents [...]

Tom McEwen Sports
Just read it… great stories. Although I’ve never been much of a sports fan and typically roll past sportcenter when i’m flipping I’ve always loved my grandfathers articles. This book has some great ones.