Owlbear
I intended to write this post in September, recalling the autumn of 1983, 40 years earlier. Here I am, late November, which, 40 years earlier, was the end of the fall that was so memorable. But perhaps reflecting after Thanksgiving instead of after Labor Day provides a different persepctive. Fall 1983 was all about Dungeons and Dragons, video games, and music videos. I started eighth grade and would turn 13 on Nov. 6. The weather all fall was gorgeous, including a few wonderful Saturday morning when my sisters and I ran with the fledgling St. Eugene's cross country team (we would run laps around the church to practice). Music that fall was amazing. "Friday Night Videos" presented music videos and opened more music beyond the Top 40 I was hearing on WLS and B96. Some of my favorites that autumn included "In a Big Country" by Big Country, "Modern Love" by David Bowie, and "Living on the Edge" by Jim Capaldi. That summer, I finally moved into