… can you imagine blacks and whites not being able to play baseball together? I was just shy of six years old when my dad took me to see a very historic baseball game. The Brooklyn Dodgers were playing the St. Louis Cardinals in Sportsman’s Park – Jackie Robinson was the Dodgers new first baseman. […]
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Pick-Up-Sticks for business and life
Can a kid’s game of pick-up-sticks teach us anything? Did you ever play pick-up sticks as a kid? We played on rainy days or when it was just too cold to be outdoors. Sitting in a circle on the floor – the first player lets all the sticks drop on the floor. The idea is […]
When was your first fight?
… how a bloody face spoiled everything … The memories of my first job at 10 are still very real for me – it was a special time in my life. I had a some independence along with a little spending money – a new ball glove – friends. Life was good. Those wonderful memories […]
When did you first meet a person of a different color?
… commuting to work at age 10 … Getting to work at a root beer stand can be a real challenge, especially when you are only 10 years old. West Markum Street in Little Rock was residential on one side and the State Mental Hospital was on the other. The hospital grounds were very open with […]
Should a 10 year-old go to work?
They said, “No, your glove is fine.” I knew my parents were wrong. I needed a new baseball glove if I was going to be a world famous second baseman and play in the World Series – I had to have the right equipment. Everyone knows that! I fumed over it for a few days […]
Keeping the books at a Lemonade Stand
Growing up, my friends and I would operate a lemonade stand on hot summer days. Back then a motorist or pedestrian would always stop and buy a cold glass of lemonade – cars were not air-conditioned so the cool lemonade was refreshing. We used our mothers glasses from the kitchen cabinet. The glasses were the […]
NYC on little cash
Don’t run out of money in The Big Apple. We stopped in New York for one night on the way home from our honeymoon in Bermuda. We stayed at The Ritz, and while we had considered leaving some of the luggage at the airport we ended up with everything at the hotel. About five bags plus two […]
The perfect honeymoon, almost.
Taking time for a honeymoon is a good choice – location is not important but time is. Bermuda was wonderful. Castle Harbor was perfect. Everything was like a story book. BTW: it is now The Rosewood at Tucker Point. We rode motor scooters everywhere; stopping at secluded private white sand beaches for a swim and generally just […]
Get me to the church on time!
Take what the moment gives you. The night before the wedding, my best man Dave and I were packing my stuff. I had my golf clubs ready to travel; Dave asked if Joyce played golf. “No, but we are going to Bermuda, I need my clubs”, I smiled. “Wrong”, said Dave. The clubs stayed home. Best […]
Will you marry me?
The right moment will show up – trust. On a trip to Cincinnati one weekend, Joyce and I visited, John Coleman, and his family. He had an old double sided partner desk he was not using and he offered to let us take it back to Indianapolis. With true pioneer spirit, we loaded it on […]