Tag Archives: 1963

Electric Trains

Posted on September 26, 2021 by ivanbenson

If you were a boy like me, growing up (initially) in the South in the early 1950s, then you probably like trains as much as I do. There is both a mystique and an irresistible call in the air when … Continue reading →

Posted in Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged 1950s, 1963, Arkansas, Chattanooga Tennessee, Don Cossack Choir, electric trains, Hebrew, HO gauge, idyllic, Isaiah 53, Kinsett, Lionel, Mayberry, Searcy, Southern Railroad, Tucson Arizona, Utopia, virus | 4 Comments

20/20 Vision

Posted on August 17, 2020 by ivanbenson

What the average adult can see if he/she is 20 feet away from an object; “20/20 vision” is the shorthand way we say that, right? When I was a young boy growing up in Chattanooga, TN I would look up … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1963, 20/20 vision, 2001, 2020, 9/11, chattanooga, clarity, complex, conspiracy theory, COVID-19, Dallas, farsighted, financial, historians, History, hoax, John Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Lie, Mark Twain, moderately impaired, nearsighted, Nov. 22, pandemic, Paul is dead, Paul McCartney, politics, profoundly impaired, racial unresty, simple, truth, TX, Unity, WMDs | 4 Comments

Heartland

Posted on July 15, 2014 by ivanbenson

The Canadian family television series Heartland has certainly worked its way into our hearts. And, as per our typical pattern, we are watching it for the first time a full seven years after its release (thank you, Netflix). We are … Continue reading →

Posted in Family History, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged 1963, 1970s, 2005, addiction, Alberta Canada, Amber Marshall, Anaconda, anger, appreciative, Arizona, awestruck, Canadian TV series, Clint Goben, cowboy, disappointment, genuineness of heart, Graham Wardle, grief, heart, Heart Depot, Heartland, horizon, humbled, Lauren Brooke, Linda Chapman, Michelle Morgan, Minnesota, Montana, Netlfix, Randy Stinchfield, right-sized, Shaun Johnston, subterfuge, wide open spaces, www.heartdepot.org | 8 Comments

Night Riding (The Way Things Used to Be)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by ivanbenson

Childhood memories are almost indelible, aren’t they? I can remember lying in the floorboard of our black 1951 Plymouth, sleeping cozily on the left side of the hump that ran thru to the backseats; the hum of the engine and … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging Parents, Family History, Fathers, Stories, Uncategorized, World War II | Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, 1951, 1963, air conditioning, Alseep in the Deep, Bible, box fan, chattanooga, church hymns, cottonfields back home, Drink to me only with thine eyes, Edgar Allan Poe, Ezio Pinza, Father's Day, ice plant, magical, Norden Bomb Site, Plymouth, Plymouth Fury, push button automatic, razor strop, sacred, The Raven, Tucson, Wing Tee Wee | 18 Comments

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