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When I was about six years old, around the year 1970, I made my first trip to the library. My great aunt Rose took all five of us Flynn kids to the library in an effort to broaden our minds but most likely just to give our poor mother a break. I’m sure she couldContinue reading “To the Library……..”

Chris and Mike were meeting for the first time in almost twenty-five years. They hadn’t spoken in almost a quarter century due to a terrible argument they had that got out of hand. It seems it all started when Mike thought it was weird that so many miniature golf courses were pirate themed. Chris didn’tContinue reading “The Meeting….”

On December 25, 1968 I was able to experience that once in a lifetime joy of coming downstairs to find a brand new bike sitting under the Christmas tree. In fact there were four of them. The problem here is that there were five of us kids. Now reason would have you think that theContinue reading “The Bike I Didn’t Get For Christmas……”

My first recollection of God’s greatest gift to us all, soda, was back in the late 60’s and it came to us in 16 ounce returnable bottles. It seems funny now that at any convenience store you go into a 32 ounce is probably the smallest size you can get.  My mom would pop openContinue reading “God’s Greatest Gift….Soda”

Whenever we have an extremely cold snowy day like today I’m immediately taken back to a day just like today some fifty years ago and my one and only visit to MacMurray Hill to go sledding. My hometown of Jacksonville sits in west central Illinois in an area that is by all accounts relatively flat.Continue reading “MacMurray Hill…..”

I’ve never served in the military but my family has a long and storied history in the wars that have framed the great country that we live in. I’m a descendent of Thomas Lawrence Timothy O’Flynn who was born just outside of County Cork Ireland in 1758. In 1773 he was arrested for stealing aContinue reading “In the Army now………”

With Tom Brady about to make another Super Bowl appearance I’m reminded of what I believe is the greatest sporting performance of all-time. It took place forty-six years ago on the hallowed kickball fields at Our Saviour’s and I’m proud to say I was a part of it. My first year at Our Saviour’s GradeContinue reading “The Goat…..”

Back in the spring of 1999 my former employer announced the “Midwest Consolidation” project. With this project the company would be moving all of its bottled salad oil production to their Champaign Illinois facility. It was their intention of running it all next to their bottle supplier located in Champaign on high speed lines whichContinue reading “Strike One………….”

I got married right out of high school and the first full-time job I able to get was at Midland Farm and Home Supply. I believe they hired me because of the tremendous experience I gained being a part-time clerk at Jack’s Discount which was like a small town Wal-Mart without all the frills. IContinue reading “You Should Try Back Next Tuesday……”

I was driving into work today and went past by my old high school. In my day it was Routt High School but officially now it is Routt Catholic High School because apparently the uniforms the guys wore and the long skirts the girls wore are no longer required so they have to let peopleContinue reading “The Patron Saint of Fish Sticks”