The Street I Grew Up On In The 70′s
I grew up in the 70′s and spent most of those later years living on west Broadway in Enid, Oklahoma. Almost every boy in our circle also lived on west Broadway. We spent most summer days riding our bikes or skateboards from one house to another. West Broadway was probably the greatest street in Enid to grow up on. It had many great homes running along each of its sides and our grade school was located at one end. I believe Broadway once had a middle lane to allow for a trolley. This...
Read MoreHappy Tuesday!
Why happy Tuesday? I’m not really sure. I feel that my lucky number in life is two. I was born on the 20th day of the 12th month in the year 1962. I always opt for two, twenty and just love the number twenty-two, two two’s you know. So, that leads me to believe that all goods things can happen on a Tuesday. Second day of the week and it sounds like two. What’s the best day of the year? How about February 2nd or 22nd when they land on a Tuesday. Whenever possible I stop my...
Read MoreSummers in the 70′s
Wow! Summer has arrived! I used to love summer time when I was a kid in the 70′s. My sister and I were what was called latchkey kids, meaning we were usually home alone when school was out while our mom worked. My summers were filled with days of skateboarding, bike riding and tadpole hunting. There was a creek near our neighborhood called Boggy Creek in which we spent many hours collecting tadpoles, frogs and turtles. We ruined many a pair of sneakers in that stinky creek. I lived in an...
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The Best Coming of Age Movies Ever
by Curtis D. Tucker Updated 5/23/2011 – I thought it was time to update my best coming of age movie list. I recently rented a great movie that I think fits perfectly into this category. The movie is called “That’s What I Am” released in 2011. The story centers around a 12 year old boy and the events that surround his life and his friends lives at school. It stars Ed Harris and deals with many subjects important to junior high kids in 1965 but really explores the problem...
Read MoreLittle Red Corvette
When you think back on all of the cars that you’ve owned over the years do you have a favorite? Do you remember your first car? My very first car was my grandmas white 1957 Chevy Belair. It was made of good old fashioned steel, had four doors, blinds in the back window and a trunk big enough to sneak four people into the drive in movie. The car was a tank. It also had one of the biggest steering wheels I’ve ever had the privilege of turning. My next ride was a ’64 Buick...
Read MoreMy Top 10 Favorite Movies From the 70′s
Going to the movies was a big deal in the 70′s. I remember paying 50 cents to see many movies and usually only on special occasions. There weren’t as many movies being released and there weren’t multiplex theaters. Our town had a twin theater and that was big time where we grew up. So, seeing a good movie in the 70′s had a pretty lasting impression on a young buckaroo. This is my Top 10 list of those movies that left a lasting impression on me. These of course are not...
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