Retro Ramblings

I still remember the smell of freshly sharpened pencils and the crinkle of Trapper Keeper Velcro like it was yesterday. [Continue Reading]

I still remember the buzz in the air on September 13, 1993…Mortal Monday. It wasn’t just a marketing gimmick. For [Continue Reading]

It was the summer of 1994, and I had just earned my driver’s license in January and gotten my first [Continue Reading]

Independence Day has always been a favorite holiday of mine. Going back to childhood, it always seemed to be a [Continue Reading]

September 4, 1995 was Labor Day. Most people were grilling burgers or squeezing in one last swim before school started. [Continue Reading]

If you grew up in the ’80s like I did, chances are you remember the magic of sleepovers. They weren’t [Continue Reading]

Growing up in a small town, going to the movies wasn’t just entertainment, it was an event. A rarity. A [Continue Reading]

Spring of 1994. I had just turned sixteen, and like most kids that age, I was riding high on a [Continue Reading]

Back when I was in elementary school, we had a few things to look forward to every year. There was [Continue Reading]

Being nestled deep in the Appalachian mountains, going to the beach might as well have been like going to the [Continue Reading]