Tag Archives: summertime

My First Car… 1977 (Revisited)

My First Car… 1977 Posted by V. T. Eric Layton on Apr 12, 2010 It was the hot summer of 1977. I was 15 years old and dreaming of hot rods, motorcycles, and girls… probably in that order, too. I was in between 10th and 11th grades that summer. I was sporting a cool set [...]

Fresh Cut Grass, the Buzz of Bees, and Baseball! (Revisited)

Fresh Cut Grass, the Buzz of Bees, and Baseball! Posted by V. T. Eric Layton on Apr 6, 2010 It must be getting close to summertime! I don’t like the hot, humid Florida summers these days as much as I did when I was a kid. Of course, I loved summertime back then because it [...]

How Did I Ever Survive My Childhood? (Revisited)

How Did I Ever Survive My Childhood? Posted by V. T. Eric Layton on Apr 26, 2010 I didn’t wear knee pads or a helmet when I rode my bicycle. Mom gave me aspirin for a fever. My parents didn’t have my Halloween haul X-rayed either. Despite all that, you know what really makes me [...]

The Heat Is On

Typical for Central Florida at the end of April; the heat starts getting turned up. Worse than that, though, is the humidity. It didn’t seem to bother me when I was a young boy/man. Nowadays, the extremes of deep winter of sultry summer really affect me. I have this silly rule about not turning on [...]

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