by Jeffrey
on May 17, 2013
in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley
In Ice Cream Headache, Billy stops in at the Supreme Dairy Bar for a milkshake. While the owner of the dairy bar, Ray, is making the milkshake, Ray thinks back to when he was a child and went to the soda fountain at Adkins’ Drug Store with his father and sister for malts and ice [...]
by Jeffrey
on May 16, 2013
in Americana, Illinois Valley, Movies
Summer is just around the corner and Hollywood over over the years has released some memorable movies. Perhaps you have seen some of these films before; perhaps you haven’t. Many there are some on this list that you don’t agree with you; others that you think should be on this list. (Although Star Wars opened [...]
by Jeffrey
on May 16, 2013
in Americana
I am going to go out on a limb here and make my first Bears’ prediction for 2013: Jay Cutler’s going to have a stellar year. With a new head coach, drafting Kyle Long and other plays to shore up their offensive line, this could very well be the year that the Bears make it [...]
by Jeffrey
on April 23, 2013
in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley, Oglesby
You know, I had such a wonderful time writing Ice Cream Headache that I thought I would head on back to the Oglesby in the 1960s and see what else was back there to write about. My book in progress was originally a flash fiction piece I wrote back in 2010 while I was writing [...]
by Jeffrey
on April 21, 2013
in 1960s, Americana, Illinois Valley
It started with Invaders from Mars and Other Tales of Youthful Angst, followed by Ice Cream Headache, When a Hard Rain Falls (due out later this year) and now for my latest book in progress, Going Long, I am traveling once again back in time, back to the 1960s and back to Oglesby and the [...]
by Jeffrey
on January 13, 2013
in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley, Oglesby
Before it was the Supreme Dairy Bar it was Gambles. In Ice Cream Headache though, there used to be a grocery store on the first floor before it became the dairy bar. Actually, there were a few shelves with some canned and dry goods which were located to the right when you walked in the main [...]
by Jeffrey
on December 29, 2012
in Americana, Book Reviews, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley
This a from a five-star review by Randy Mixter, acclaimed author of Morning Star and Letters from Long Binh: Memoirs of a Military Policeman in Vietnam: “I have just ridden a time machine thanks to author Jeffrey Miller and his book Ice Cream Headache. This book grabbed me on page one and took me back [...]
by Jeffrey
on December 15, 2012
in Americana
The photo might be a little blurry, but the memories are not. I remember this night as if it were yesterday. Check out the skinny tie and the three buttons.
by Jeffrey
on December 10, 2012
in Americana, Ice Cream Headache, Illinois Valley, Oglesby
We all scream for Ice Cream Headache. I love this book so much. Okay, so that is what you would expect the writer to say but what I love about this book is the nostalgia that I serve up in the story about the lives of five people intertwining one day in 1968. I do [...]
by Jeffrey
on November 28, 2012
in Americana, Culture, Television
Life sometimes imitates art. Lisa Robin Kelly who portrayed Eric Forman’s wild and loose sister, Laurie, on That 70′s Show probably wishes she was back playing the bad older sister instead of being the actress having run-ins with the law. Talk about your fall from grace.
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