Other Parts of the House

Concerning the hallway: we have a game, and it's name I cannot remember. Something ghosty, I think. It was spooky game, glowed in the dark and had strange pieces and exotic parts. I wasn't allowed to see it in the light - Dennis set it up, turned off the lights, then I could come in and play. The whole thing was scary to me but intriguing nevertheless. I keep forgetting to ask Dennis what that game was all about whenever I see him. UPDATE: I asked Dennis and he did a bit of research (Google) and found it. Turns out it was the Green Ghost Game, and one can buy it on eBay if one is feeling nostalgic enough.

The kitchen was my favorite room of the house - the hub of activity for the household. You could get into the kitchen via the TV room, the dining room, the upstairs, the basement, and there was even a door to the outside, so it was a central location. The older boys (Arnold, Roger, and Mike) had their room upstairs above the kitchen. They had a record player and strung speaker wire down to the kitchen where they hung a speaker or 2. We heard the latest Beatle's music through those speakers, as well as the Rolling Stones, and others. My parents enjoyed a wide variety of music, including whatever was popular at the time. I was told by Mom that I knew all the Beatles' songs before I knew any nursery rhymes. Dennis, for his birthday, received a huge box of red string licorice which was kept on top of the fridge. Huge for a kid, anyway. I got the same for my birthday that year.

I don't remember the basement, mainly because basements scared me when I was a kid. However, on a shelf near the top of the stairs was a marble sculpture my dad had either done or was working on - it was a dolphin, and I was always fascinated with it. I remember the smoothness of the marble. I wonder whatever happened to that thing.

We had a long driveway which led to a big garage/barn. We also had a red metal wagon that I would sit in and Mike would push me up and down the driveway very fast until he was worn out. In retrospect my older brothers Mike and Roger took a significant amount of interest in me (I assume they spent time with Dennis, too, but you'd have to ask him). I enjoyed having them as my older brothers. I am sad they are gone.