Mike Foley's blog
Here are a couple of samples:
III. Things have changed: Way back when
As the third in a series on my blog about how things have changed a lot since I was a kid, I’m reminded of a prof years ago at the University of Hawaii who told us that our personal “stories” or historical heritage begins with the memories of the oldest people we’ve known. If that’s […]
Flat ‘jacks’ and squished critters
I recently saw something that brought back a few unusual memories of things that used to be relatively common, but now not so much: I’m talking about road-kill and how the nature of it changes over time and from place to place.
The ‘poor man’s cruise’
Back in the late 80s, a bunch of us marketing guys from Hawaii qualified for a TV advertising incentive prize that my wife, Sally Ann, and I thoroughly enjoyed: We flew to Miami, Florida, then spent seven days and six nights on a new Carnival ship cruising the Western Caribbean with ports of call at […]
Rainy Rushmore!
Mt. Rushmore and surrounding region (if you don’t see a video window above, please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWp2Q05v77E) Almost every time I saw pictures or movies of Mt. Rushmore in the past, its grand-scale patriotism instilled in me a desire to see it in person . . . so, even though it made for several long […]