Gee, our old La Salle ran . . . smoky!
Tim Torkildson: “Subject: Memories of the Drive-in Movie.
“As a child of the 1950s, as well as of deep-freeze winters in Minnesota, the coming of summer meant drive-in movies. I write this not as a piece of fond nostalgia, but as further proof of children’s second-class status back in those Bad Old Days.
Continue reading “For this young boy, a night at the Vali-Hi Drive-In left a lot to be desired!”
The Permanent Family Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules writes: “The ice is out on Lake Minnetonka. That means the barge is out distributing the buoys to mark the channels that connect the 41 bays of Lake Minnetonka. I wonder if this draws as much attention from the lake dwellers today as it did to us when we lived in our little cottage during the mid-’50s.
Continue reading “The arrival of the Minnetonka barges was a banner day for every b(u)oy and girl!”
The Permanent Family Record
The Gram With a Thousand Rules: “On Easter afternoon in 1970, we took a posed photo of our two youngest kids looking like sweet little cherubs . . .
Continue reading “Did the kids’ competitions take a break on Easter? Not a chance!”
Play ball!
Including: Fun facts to know and tell
The REF in White Bear Lake writes: “Subject: Baseball season’s begun. Frug like frantic!
“I got my hands on an August 23, 1965,. issue of Sports Illustrated — with young Tony Oliva on the cover and a story by William Leggett inside. The author tried to capture the atmosphere of the Upper Midwest as the Twins showed that, this late summer, they weren’t going to fold as they had in years past (going 22-9 in July).
This ‘n’ that
Inspired by recent mentions of cast-iron frying pans and oldfangled cook stoves, here’s The Gram With a Thousand Rules: (1) “I have been busy with tax preparation and plumbing problems these past few weeks. Now the taxes are filed, and the refunds should pay the plumbing bills, so I have time to focus on other, pleasanter things, like big black cast-iron frying pans.
Bulletin Board 