Adjusting to Suburbia and Other Stories

Making a New Friend and Other Stories

We have a new episode this week, as mom looks back at some past trips overseas, including one where she got to know the woman who would become one of her closest friends. We also pull the curtain back a bit and reveal some recent health developments, and learn how it has impacted some of our past episodes.

Hosting Costume Parties and Other Stories

Photos were our prompt this week, as we look at how Mom would entertain friends. Plus. we take a trip to the ballgame. Actually, several ballgames, and hide from dad on the way home.

Going to the Drive-in and Other Stories

Mom liked the drive-in as a kid, and Studio 54 as an adult. Life means changes, and we hear about all sorts of changing entertainment this week, from the movies, to dance clubs, to hallucinogens.

Adjusting to Suburbia and Other Stories

Mom's mom moved her with Mom's dad after the war, and it was an adjustment. We look at the war from various stops in time, as we learn how her mom adjusted to life in the U.S., and how her dad got involved in the war in the first place.

Smuggling Hash into Canada and Other Stories

Mom ran into the New York Jets while attending college. As you do. She also brought drugs across international lines. So, she's practically an NFL player. We also learn which sport she didn't like. And more about how her brother hated her dad.