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January 1987

4 entries

  1. Thursday, January 1, 1987 · Don Krumpos

    For my 7th grade science fair, Dad suggested I bring his oscilloscope.

    For my 7th grade science fair, Dad suggested I bring his oscilloscope. He was an amateur electronics tinkerer, fixing tube TVs with that strange glowing machine. To him, it was familiar. To me, it felt like something from a sci-fi…

  2. Thursday, January 1, 1987 · Don Krumpos

    Tea on the Back Porch

    I could tell my father loved my mother dearly. Not because he said it often. Not because they were romantic in any dramatic way. They were not a movie kind of couple. Their love belonged to a different language: rural,…

  3. Monday, January 5, 1987

    Thursday, January 5, 1989

    Today was cloudy, but really nice for January. I changed all the sheets today. They sure smell good when you hang them on the line. Keith went to a Phoenix game at the arena with Donny and Aaron. They played…

  4. Monday, January 12, 1987

    Sunday, January 12, 1987

    Hard to believe it's 1987. Don is 12 and Helen is 10. Donnie is almost as tall as his father. Keith is at Fort Howard for 6 years now, that's also hard to believe. He likes Southern swing shift better…