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Year

1987

11 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…

  5. Wednesday, July 1, 1987 · Don Krumpos

    The Tape and the Tower

    The summer between sixth and seventh grade, my father drove me to Chicago. It was a father-son trip, and it had an official purpose, though no one named it out loud. That was how my parents handled preparing us for…

  6. Sunday, August 16, 1987

    Sunday, August 16, 1987

    Today it rained most of the day. Keith is on days. Tomorrow Helen and I are going on a shopping trip to Appleton. The kids are are growing up so fast it sometimes scares me. Donny is a fine young…

  7. Monday, September 28, 1987 · Don Krumpos

    Star Trek Night with Dad

    Tonight is the the release of Star Trek, The Next Generation. We’re going to watch it. Well, actually it will probably be just me and Dad. I’m excited even though I am only mildly a Star Trek fan. It has…

  8. Tuesday, November 24, 1987

    Tuesday, November 24, 1987

    The days and months go so fast. Today Donny got his Nintendo TV game set. He worked and saved his birthday money for it. Thanksgiving is this week. Galen is dating Teresa Caldron very seriously. The kids have basketball practice…

  9. Thursday, December 10, 1987

    Thursday, December 10, 1987

    Today was a busy one. We plastered the downstairs bedroom. Always makes other things a mess. Don's basketball team won their first game tonight against Redeemer Lutheran. Don and Helen both like basketball. Mr. Birr, their coach, is exceptionally good.…

  10. Friday, December 11, 1987

    Friday, December 11, 1987

    Don had braces put on in September. He had to get them tightened today. I picked him up from school and after I took him out for lunch before I brought him back to school. Our Christmas tree is up…

  11. Sunday, December 13, 1987

    Sunday, December 13, 1987

    Tonight was a Christmas play (Arch Angel) at church. This is the first year I didn't have any children in it. Don ran the spot lite and Helen helped me in the kitchen. We had an afterglow downstairs after with…