by Kevin Banet | Oct 5, 2023 | 60's Boy, History, nursing homes
Shrapnel in his chest The large man lay in his nursing home bed while I moved him about. As an orderly, I was hired because the home needed a man to work with the heavier patients. “I fought in the Battle of the Marne,” the man said. “I’ve still got shrapnel in my...
by Kevin Banet | Oct 4, 2023 | 60's Boy, Senior stories
Grandpa can’t mow As a child I remember that every Sunday afternoon my mom, dad and my siblings would drive to our grandparents’ house a few miles away. Dad sometimes mowed the lawn for his parents with their hand-operated mower. We kids might be given a Coke...
by Kevin Banet | Aug 12, 2018 | 60's Boy
A fictional story about growing and discovering… Charles Beaumont and his brother peered curiously at the skyline to where he dad was pointing. “Look there, boys. Remember this. It’s the building of the Sherman Minton Bridge.” With the naivete...
