Soccer Dad

Blogging the past

Each week, one of Charlie Conner's stories about life with his wife and four kids in Catonsville appears on the Internet.

Flush with their tax refund but unable to find a baby sitter, he and his wife forgo a fancy dinner for two and take the kids out for cheeseburgers. With a tinge of regret, his wife gives up "liquid refreshment" for Lent. Spring comes with erratic weather, but flowers manage to blossom in the yard.

"Actually, in a walk around the house Sunday between showers, I could count more than a dozen in various colors and some just coming up," he writes in an entry, adding, "Otherwise, the yard is a soggy mess."

The posts provide insights into Conner's tastes in movies and the antics of his young children. But this blog is unlike most.

Conner's entries were written 55 years ago.

A nice story about how a son remembers and honors his father. It expands into a more general story on the existence and purposes of milblogs. Well worth reading.

Milblogs

Blogdigger tags: Nostalgia, Milblogs.