This is not a Van Nuys post. However we got a dog. I haven't had one since my Boots passed away. I didn't want one but my wife did, so she got one. And I was wrong. he has lit up the house. He follows his mom all around and cries when she is gone. When I go out ad come back he gets all excited and jumps and barks. Of course when I get back I give him treats. He is 8 years old and we think he has had a rough life. So hopefully the rest of his years and be good with people that love him. Meet Frankie (already named).

Boots below

Boomers Update

 Well we made it through 2020 and into 2021. As everyone hopes, it will be a better year. On a personal note it was a tough year health wise. As the saying goes, "If I knew I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself." It was also tough for some of my cousins and one of my old friends of 50 years who lost his wife. 

I am now back in my little corner of our living room. My office with my music, not all of it but enough.

Hopefully this year we will here from some more old friends. That is it for now. I will try to post more this year. I have received some comments that go to my e-mail and I apologize for not answering or addressing them but I was not able to respond for quite a while.

We're Back

 U have been laid up the past 7  months with health issues. One can only watch so much bad TV. So I relied on the only thing that can pull you though something and that is music. That said here is one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite artists. I remember the sadness I felt when I heard he died. Not since the death of John Lennon had one shaken me so much. But we still have the superb music and vidhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p1jtVunLE4

Notorius LA

https://la.curbed.com/maps/los-angeles-murders-true-crime-scenes

13760 Sherman Way

I was checking out the first apartment we live in when we moved to Van Nuys CA. The building is still at 13760 Sherman Way. I forget the apartment number but we in the top front apartment. Some pictures below:

Dad and me in our driveway by his 1959 Plymouth

Mom And me. Our apartment is the top one at the end of the stairs.

Just me in car.

Me on the stairs. And me below eating in my Dad's chair.

In the early 60's I had a parakeet who I named "Kookie" after the character on the TV show 77 Sunset Strip. Kookie use to sit in the venetian blinds and wait for me to come home from school. Sadly one day Kookie flew into a silver container and broke his neck. We buried him in a cigar box in the dirt in front of the apartment. For all I know he still could be under there.

The apartment building was built in 1958. We moved there because it was close to my Dad's work at Flying Tiger Line at Burbank airport. I checked Zillow for this post and a one bedroom, one bath apartment now goes for $1,783! We live a two bedroom apartment which we moved into in April of 1960.

The Building now:

Visit From an Old Friend

On July 25th my great friend of 48 years Larry Thornhill drive up from Bloomington Indiana where he was visiting his daughter. We sat on the porch and had a wonderful visit. Like two old coots wee talked about old times, music and old girlfriends. We also covered some new things. Larry also brought me an Epiphone Les Paul 100 guitar and a small amp. Now I can drive the neighbors crazy. I did not have an amp.

 For some reason it came out in B&W. It is actually a sunburst finish.

Van Nuys Demolay Bruce Timbers

Sad to hear of the passing of an old Van Nuys Demolay friend Bruce Timers

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/mission-viejo-ca/bruce-timbers-8781375?fbclid=IwAR2b0S5QcaOAls0PveK2vdWrAIJsb-E0Bm_jW8J6DDYxhjeV7bzWqGhR1Qg

KLOS

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas 1961 Van Nuys CA

13760 Sherman Way

I was bored late last night so I created a quick recording. I did it all on the computer. I did not use any tape decks, mixers or other tools. I used Audacity, Mixpad and Natural Reader. I used a total of 9 tracks. Natural Reader is great for the voice. I altered the pitch with Audacity. I have done a few of these in the past for Halloween and Christmas. I'm not ready for Christmas yet.