pbirdchatDec 3, 20216 min readLIMBO...... HOW LOW CAN YOU GO!!!!Today's Story From the Orange Room takes place in the Summer of 1986. It had been many years since I left the glorious ORANGE ROOM...my...
pbirdchatNov 24, 20213 min readNo Easter Dinner In The Dumb Red Dog While I was still living in the ORANGE ROOM, I played in a traveling Rock Band called Maiden Cane. Perhaps some of you readers would...
pbirdchatNov 22, 20216 min readMy Dad..... Let me say ON RECORD for this Tales From The Orange Room blog, that I respected my father and loved him very much. I'm sure he loved me...
pbirdchatNov 19, 20214 min readIf Keith Moon Can Do It...Why Can't We?I had only recently moved out of THE ORANGE ROOM, my bed room in my parents home in Bartonville Il. I was now working at Bergner’s...
pbirdchatNov 17, 20215 min readDara Bree...You Are A Part Of MeAs a teenager in the ORANGE ROOM, I always fantasized that I could be a songwriter someday. I had actually written a couple little songs...
pbirdchatNov 14, 20215 min readBlue Oyster Cult...and the Laser Light GirlBack in the 1970's, when days were psychedelic, I hung out with friends, listened to music, did homework and slept in THE ORANGE ROOM. It...
pbirdchatNov 2, 20215 min readHey Peach... I Think You're Brother Is Dead !!! When a marriage is failing and heading for a divorce, It just doesn't happen all at once. There are months and sometimes years of...
pbirdchatOct 18, 20214 min readTorn Between Two Lovers.....Today's tale from the ORANGE ROOM, takes us back to the Summer of 1977. I was spending my time between my part time job and the band in...
pbirdchatSep 21, 20214 min readYou're Born Into This World Alone......There is a famous saying that goes, " You're born into this world alone and you leave this world alone." Most of us crave companionship...
pbirdchatSep 10, 20213 min readIt's Been A Bad Day Dad! It's September 10th, 2021 and tomorrow will be the 20th anniversary of 9/11. Tomorrow also would be my son's 29th birthday. Today's Tales...
pbirdchatSep 4, 20215 min readHere's The Keys To My Car...I'll See You Later Tonight!I was 20 years old and had only recently moved out of the ORANGE ROOM. The ORANGE ROOM had been my bedroom when I lived at home with my...
pbirdchatAug 30, 20213 min readHey Bartender, There's Sex In This Popcorn!!!Hello dwellers of the ORANGE ROOM. Have a seat in my black vinyl beanbag chair and I'll light some incense. Today's tale takes us back to...
pbirdchatAug 17, 20213 min readParty Till You Puke...Growing Up In The Eye Of The Hurricane!My Mom was 18 when she married Dad. He was 20. As my Mom put it, "we went from children to playing adults. We had hardly dated...
pbirdchatAug 10, 20214 min readThe 70's.....They Were Different TimesNot long before my Mother passed in January of 2020, we were discussing parenting and how much things have changed since I was a...
pbirdchatAug 9, 20214 min readI think The Shot Came From The Grassy Knoll !!!When I worked for Bank One, I always looked forward to the annual sales trip. Today's Tale From The ORANGE ROOM comes from Dallas Texas....
pbirdchatAug 3, 20215 min readI'm Back.....Do You Have a Rope?I was 18 and still living at my parents house in my ORANGE ROOM. The past summer was full of joy and extreme pain. I had graduated high...
pbirdchatAug 2, 20214 min readLet's Go To Tootsie'sToday's Tale From The Orange Room, finds us in Nashville Tennessee around the year 2000. Many years had passed since the Psychedelic days...
pbirdchatJul 27, 20214 min readYou May Be A Dancer...But You Ain't No Lover!Back in my ORANGE ROOM, I would repeatedly listen to The Beatles White Album over and over. One of my favorite songs was Helter...
pbirdchatJul 16, 20214 min readIs This Evevator going up? Welcome readers of the Orange Room! It's July 2021 and I find myself 62 and RETIRED!!! I'm as shocked as anyone by the fact that I was...
