This is not one of my regular myeloma posts. I told part of the story I’ve written below in a February 2015 post. Ever since then I’ve wanted to expand on it so as to tease out some truths about the events surrounding the death of my father’s first wife and his subsequent marriage to my mother. 2,279 more words
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Feeling Nostalgic for Apple Orchards and Corn Mazes
Studly Doright and I lived in Mahomet, Illinois, for eight years. We’d moved there, reluctantly, from our spot by the ocean in Melbourne, Florida. While we were no strangers to the Midwest, having lived in Kansas at one time, going back to the country’s midlands had not been part of our game plan. 381 more words
The cycle of shopping: When new becomes old and old becomes new
When the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Mission to the moon, retailers promoted, marketed, and brought back Moon Pies.
Vintage jeans that were considered worn out and out of date and going through a renaissance. 145 more words
What Will One Day Be...
No king rules forever.
No man we know of lives eternally.
The planets and all the stars have their appointed ends.
Through science and observation and logical extrapolation…. 141 more words
FlexJobs Survey Finds 51% Have Been More Productive Working From Home During COVID-19
According to a FlexJobs survey* of approximately 4,000 people who have been working remotely during the pandemic, 51 percent report they have been much more productive working from home than they were in the traditional office. 708 more words
Review: Apple Watch Series 6
I’ll get this out of the way. The Apple Watch Series 6 is an iterative upgrade that gives users some marginal gains over the Series 5. 2,389 more words
Murder By Death
Before attending the 2017 Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention, I took in a showing of Kenneth Branagh’s iteration of “Murder On The Orient Express”. I had never once read a work of Agatha Christie’s (supposedly the most widely read female writer), and I left that movie thinking that, if the film was a faithful adaptation of the book of the same name, I would never need to bother with her. 2,697 more words
