Recently, I watched a video describing things from the past that have disappeared from everyday life. It included headlight dimmer switches on the floor of the car, wall-mounted can openers, breadboxes, television rabbit ears, curb feelers, and hand-cranked pencil sharpeners that could chew up ...
Today, I bought a new tablet, and even though that may not seem too significant to the rest of you, it was to me. No, it wasn't a computer tablet. It was just a little tablet made of white, unlined paper with a gray cardboard back. When I was a good little kid, my dad would stop at Murphy's ...
My dad was born with personality. Pure, unfiltered personality. The kind that made strangers feel like old friends and old friends feel like family. If he walked into a room, he quickly owned it. We were close, he and I. The kind of close where you don’t have to explain things because the ...
As I write this, Lola, our seven-pound Shorkie, is sleeping beside my left leg. Her breathing and heartbeat seem synchronized with mine. Every few minutes she opens one eye to make sure I am still there. A few months ago, a friend passed away at age 92. His family ended his obituary with ...
At about 9 years old, I decided I wanted to build a treehouse. We had a sturdy black walnut tree in our backyard, and I had amassed a pile of old weathered fence slats with enough splinters to disable a battalion of enemy soldiers. I had a handful of nails I had painstakingly pulled from ...
I’ve been trying to figure out what most Americans really care about. If I had to guess, it would be the seven F’s: Family. Friends. Finances. Faith. Fairness. Feelings. And Freedom. Family comes first. At least it should. No matter what shape it takes, traditional, blended, adopted, ...
