James Miller:
CLASS OF 1970
Proviso East High SchoolClass of 1970
Maywood, IL
James's Story
Making giardiniera, bread, pizza's, riding bicycles, drinking beer, braiding dog leashes, key fobs and bracelets, reading, telling jokes and having 2 rotator cuff surgeries in 2 years on the same shoulder. It's better than a dirt nap. Retired as a union electrician in '13 after a 3rd rotator cuff injury was irreparable. After 3 years I've come to the conclusion that I was born to be retired. Duties include walking dogs, taking care of the house, food shopping, cooking, picking wife up at the train. A friend recently gave me "The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche. It is about Buddhism and impressed me enough that I bought 13 copies and began re-re...Expand for more
ading it as soon as I finished.
I see Bill Pilcher, Kris Samata and John Munchoff every now and then. Also bump into Dan Weber and Howard Godfrey at the Loyola hospital health club where the only riff-raff there is me.
I gazed into her beautiful, blue eyes. My heart was pounding, throat dry, lips trembling. Then she opened her little mouth and said the 3 words I'll never forget, "That's him, officer.”
Stopped drinking July 9th, 2021 after a fall nearly killed me. Lost 20 pounds and don’t miss it. Was just a habit. Amuse myself calculating how many beers I haven’t drunk and calories not ingested. With weed legal now I no longer have any bad habits.
Best,
Carlo
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