By John on April 29, 2008 |
(Here’s the first excerpt from the first booklet in the How It Was series. I do not plan to post the entire book this way, in regular blog posts spread out over time; what I do hope to do, I explain here.) —— Deep in his being, The Boy knew that somewhere out there existed [...]
Posted in How It Was, Looking Backward | Tagged 1950s, baby boomers, New Jersey, nostalgia |
By John on April 29, 2008 |
I know, I know… I said, “In my next post on How It Was, I’ll include an excerpt from ‘Book 1: Spring.’” It’s coming. In the meantime, please check this page. It describes how I’m hoping to make the whole process of posting, downloading, and reading excerpts easier for both you and me. Eventually, it [...]
Posted in E-Books, E-Reading, E-Publishing, How It Was, Running After My Hat | Tagged e-books, ebooks |
By John on April 25, 2008 |
As I’ve mentioned, the events of the How It Was series of booklets took place in the real world as well as in the world of The Boy’s imagination (then and now). The real town where all this happened is in southern New Jersey, on the Delaware River and a few miles north of Philadelphia. [...]
Posted in How It Was, Looking Backward, The Missus | Tagged 1876, Delanco, history, maps, New Jersey, nostalgia |
By John on April 20, 2008 |
The year was 1990. I’d taken a leave of absence from work, and moved from New Jersey to Virginia, to a little town where no one I knew lived and only one or two people I knew had even heard of. (I’ll tell that whole story later.) I’d been in Ashland for a few months, [...]
Posted in Family, How It Was | Tagged 1950s, baby boomers, Christmas, nostalgia, Writing |