Article Archives: Boomerang

Halloween Parties for 20 Years!

I don’t think I’ve ever written about the Halloween parties we had every year for 20 years, but if I have you don’t remember either. My family loves Halloween especially my husband who loves everything Halloween. A good friend Dana had a party at his house in the mid 1980s … Read More

Hot Summer Doesn’t Compare to 1936 or 1983!

This summer’s heat will be something we remember and talk about for years to come. I remember wearing a winter coat the last of April during a neighborhood cleanup and getting my shorts out the next week for the first of May. We only had a day and half of … Read More

Indiana Actresses

Indiana has given the world more than a fair share of famous and important people. That includes actresses. There have been a number of beautiful and talent ladies of the stage and screen who were Hoosier born and bred. You may not have known that some of them had an … Read More

The Boomer’s Peter Pan

Hey fellow Boomers . . . remember when Producer’s Showcase on CBS broadcast a live black and white version of Peter Pan? On March 7th of 1955, everyone who had access to a TV (about 65 million viewers in all) was tuned in to watch the Tony Award-winning revival of … Read More

Traveling in the Heat

Looking back at some of my most memorable childhood moments, many of them are ties to vacations and travel. In the 1950s and early 60s, I had two aunts and a grandfather who lived in Cincinnati and across the river in Covington KY. My Dad’s sister and family lived in … Read More