Forced to play simple country songs who I first learned guitar, I noticed how silly some of the lyrics were, but came to appreciate them nonetheless.

You might find medical care a bit wanting in my home town

Recalling the passenger train this still ran when I was a kid, and the only taxi in town.

Someone almost always needed stitches or a tetanus shot after we kids finished playing. Our games were ranked by degree of danger.

Back in the day, the teachers' punishment for grade schoolers who misbehaved was a little different from how they do it now.

The dangerous old clunkers I owned as a young guy are more vivid in my memory than the newer safer cars I drove when I got older

The first funeral service I attended as a boy may have sidetracked my faith journey.

I had fond feelings for the cats I had growing up. Their feelings about me were probably more mixed.

Remembering when ads didn't overpromise.

Small Town real world law enforcement required real world solutions.