Monthly Archives: October 2020

In the first of a new series of interviews with people I interviewed, Annemarie Nauert talks about her ideal childhood and what it means to her today. To buy Growing Up St. Louis: Looking Back , click here https://merkels-books-and-things.square.site/.

As administrator of the Growing Up St. Louis Facebook Group. I’ve found hundreds of pictures of kids from St. Louis. Other members have added an untold number. I hope you’ve enjoyed them. If you have, I think you’ll also enjoy my book Growing Up St. Louis: Looking Back Through the Decades. It contains childhood storiesContinue reading “Another Look at Growing Up”

This memory, from page 43 of my book, Growing Up St. Louis: Looking Back Through the Decades, is especially to me. Sidney Duerr, the kid in the front, is my uncle. He was born in 1927 and died not long ago at the age of 91. He’s pulling his younger brother, my Uncle Donald Duerr.Continue reading “When the Hardware Store Closed”

This memory, from page 43 of my book, Growing Up St. Louis: Looking Back Through the Decades, is especially to me. Sidney Duerr, the kid in the front, is my uncle. He was born in 1927 and died not long ago at the age of 91. He’s pulling his younger brother, my Uncle Donald Duerr.Continue reading “After the Hardware Store Closed”