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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Home2017Monthly Archives: November 2017
Saturday Night Lights: The 1967 Hill-Gaston Football Game

Saturday Night Lights: The 1967 Hill-Gaston Football Game

A fairly big crowd had gathered at Forester Field on October 14, 1967 to witness a football game between arguably the best junior high teams in Dallas. I refer to the Hill Highlanders and the Gaston Warriors. The happiest person there must have...

November 22, 2017 Richard Dallas, football, Gaston, Hill 5 Comments
“Frederick” and Me, a Couple of Idiots Behind the Wheel

“Frederick” and Me, a Couple of Idiots Behind the Wheel

Frederick Lawrence Appelbaum (bogus name, although the initials are real) and I attended Hexter Elementary School, Hill Junior High School, Bryan Adams High School and the University of Texas together. The present story pertains to events at the...

November 20, 2017 Richard Dallas, driving, youth 0 Comments
Ten, Count  ’Em, Ten Years in Korea!

Ten, Count ’Em, Ten Years in Korea!

Things were kind of chancy for me back in 2007. I had been laid off at my job and had perplexing trouble in finding another one. My bank account, not large to begin with, shrank more every day. I was on the government dole. Surely I would not...

November 15, 2017 Richard emigration, expat, Korea 0 Comments
Innocent, and Emphatically So

Innocent, and Emphatically So

A couple of miles south of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas—at 700 East Live Oak Street, to be precise—is Stacy Pool. I have fond memories of this spring-fed neighborhood pool which is open year-round and charges no admission. Between October...

November 8, 2017 Richard crime, innocence, Stacy Pool 0 Comments

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