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1983
The year is 1983. I am in my thirties. I am married have an eight year old son. I own a home and have a dog. I have been considering a...
Ron Turett
Aug 12, 20253 min read
I'M THINKING ABOUT MY GRANDPARENTS
I was the first Grandchild in our family. We lived with my Grandparents in a house they owned until I was almost six years old. My...
Ron Turett
Aug 6, 20252 min read
LARRY WAS A CHARACTER
I was waiting in line to register for classes at a local college I was about to attend. While waiting in line I began a conversation with...
Ron Turett
Aug 4, 20253 min read
I LIKE HOT DOGS
I'm thinking about the mid 1950's. I would walk to the new Northland Shopping Center with my friends. We would go to the lunch counter in...
Ron Turett
Aug 2, 20252 min read
REMEMBERING THE PALACE
This essay is not about Buckingham Palace in London England. This is about The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan which was considered...
Ron Turett
Jul 30, 20252 min read
PLAYBALL
I believe the first Detroit Tiger baseball game I attended was in the early 1950's. We lived in a flat on Webb in Detroit. I think my...
Ron Turett
Jul 28, 20253 min read
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?
One of the first shows I remember on television [Besides Howdy Doody Time.} was The Lone Ranger. The show became very popular in the...
Ron Turett
Jul 24, 20252 min read
THE SUPER 88
In 1955 my father went shopping for a new family car. I know the plan was another Chevy or Ford maybe a Plymouth. I don't know why this...
Ron Turett
Jul 23, 20252 min read
A SMILE ON YOUR FACE -A SHINE ON YOUR SHOES
A few easy things anyone can do to try and have a better day. I take my car to an auto wash not far from where I live. They have a menu...
Ron Turett
Jul 21, 20252 min read
THE HAMILTON RIVER BUS
We lived in a new neighborhood in the far corner of Northwest Detroit. The new Northland Shopping Center was about one -half mile away in...
Ron Turett
Jul 19, 20254 min read
THE LAST SHOW
Friday May 22, 1992 the date of the last Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. This was a sad day for Johnny's many fans. Johnny was...
Ron Turett
Jul 18, 20254 min read
THE NORTHLAND SHOPPING CENTER
In 1953 we moved to a new neighborhood at the far corner of Northwest Detroit. We lived very close to the intersection of Eight Mile and...
Ron Turett
Jul 17, 20252 min read
THE INDEPENDENT DRUG STORE
Long before we had CVS or Walgreen or any other chain drug store on every corner the Detroit area had many independently owned...
Ron Turett
Jul 15, 20253 min read
I'M THINKING ABOUT TIME
Time seems to move much slower when you are young. School days seemed long. Minutes seemed like hours. Two and half months of summer...
Ron Turett
Jul 11, 20252 min read
THE BIG SNOW
People who lived in the Detroit area in the 1960's and are old enough to remember February of 1965 will probably remember the big...
Ron Turett
Jul 10, 20253 min read
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