Recent Posts Tagged With 'memory lane'

• Cedar Heights

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 17:34 in iowa, memory lane, cedar falls, cedar heights, growing up iowan

  When I was young, I lived on a street called “Grand Boulevard.”  It was an old tree-lined boulevard over a hundred years old.  I liked to imagine it as it must have been in the mid to late 1800s when they were built—carriages rambling down on...

• Happy Cinco de Mayo

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 07:37 in memory lane

  And to one particular German/Italian celebrant, double Happy....

• When I Grow Up I Want To Be An Old Woman, Part 2

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 19:01 in memory lane, cedar falls, cedar falls high school

  They said that time would fly. Before I knew it I’d be an old woman and wonder where the time went. I didn’t believe them. I once imagined how old I’d be when the year 2000 rolled around – 39 – seemed impossible. I have my 30th year class...

• Daddy’s Little Girl

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 00:54 in memory lane, daddy's girl

  I want to start this post saying, “Dad, if you read this…you ended up the good guy for the first time.” I’ve always been a rebel. Not on purpose, just by design. I did the wrong things, made the wrong kind of friends, and made a lot of wr...

• The Unraveling of Bonnie & Clyde, Cedar Falls, Iowa Edition

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 07:36 in memory lane, class reunion

  This could have been me: I have a reunion coming up – I’m not going, mind you, but I do love it when the class gets organized and I can be in touch with some of those I haven’t heard from in – get this – 30 years. First, where the hell ...

• When Maybe It’s Good Not to Remember, But What the Hell!

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 00:32 in memory lane, cedar falls high school, debbie gaffney, ford galaxy 500 convertible, lots o' trouble

  Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 3:23 AM To: lori(at)hahnathome(dot)com Subject: OH YOU TOTAL GOOF! I wondered what the hell happened to you!   I talked to you a few (quite a few) years ago and then you disappeared. You still have the gift for writin...

• Melissa Etheridge

  Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 23:38 in memory lane, melissa etheridge

  I AM ON VACATION.  Seems I built up more than I thought so have to take the rest of the month off. We don’t think about the influence that woman has had on our coming into our own as a people.  Seriously, her voice - always strong and true, h...