American Pickers, Picking and Grinning
American Pickers is of particular in my household, a working-class family with parents/contemporaries who lived through the Great Depression.
Category: Family
Alzheimer’s Disease and Imperfect Sunsets to Life
All death is certain, of course, but a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is among the more trying of ways mortality comes for someone.
Food, or Eating Your Beans and Cornbread Thankfully Like An Adult
For the sake of not talking politics for a moment, let us indulge ourselves of this social media food outrage du jour.
A Reverie On Failure Part 2: The Trials Brought by Love Thy Neighbor
People trade in indignation & outrage. I imagine we justify ourselves using this currency by appealing to the evil deeds of our neighbor.
You Can Pick Your Friends
I have realized how truly blessed I am…I have my friends and family by my side to face whatever 2021 is bringing my way
A Reverie On Failure Part 1: Walking Into a Warm Meadow with a Leather-bound Journal
Here is my journal which I kept from October 5 to December 21, edited for readability, followed by periodic commentary.
Tradition & Memory: A Child’s Christmas In Wales
A Child’s Christmas in Wales is itself, and in being itself it speaks to variegated experiences beyond its author’s own knowledge.
To Thine Own Soul be Authentic
My family watched the new Pixar film, Soul, and let me tell you it is the gut punch that we all need right now.
O (Fake) Christmas Tree
Instead of dragging out all the tired Christmas clichés and 2020 jokes, I’ll just share a little story about a lesson learned and the spirit of Christmas.
Sclerotic Institutions and The Comfort of a Demographic Death
Enduring institutional death is a difficulty of another magnitude and rising again is all but impossible. But some can die healthy deaths.
The Crazy, Convoluted, and Memorable Stages of The I Love Me Wall
I have seen many talking in front of I Love Me Walls: polished wood paneling and shelves festooned with flags, pictures, trophies, & plaques.
Holiday Memories and A ( Not So) Brave New World
Holiday memories force me to face my own mortality and reflect on my perspective of coming of age in a previous century.
Requiem For a Heavy Meal
I went to plan the family get-together, and I found much to my chagrin that the Klinkes were out of business. Like, out of business entirely.
Non-Doomsday Prepping 8: More Sundries
The various non-food items that are necessary to have on hand not only in case of emergency, but also just for day to day living
The Unsung Hero of The Election Is Shyamala Gopalan Harris
With that kind of empowerment and love at home, the Vice President-Elect was almost guaranteed a life of success and confidence.
Like It Or Not, Remote Learning Is Coming Back
Acceptance is the place to be when it comes to school closures. It’s ugly, sudden, disruptive and messy, but it’s coming.
Richard Pryor’s Father and the Transforming Truth of Fatherhood
The fear of my father is transforming, evolving, not less in fear, but growing in it, producing a fruit, of sorts.
Can You Housewife Your Way Out of Poverty?
Don’t put YOUR unreasonable expectations onto the backs of the working poor. They’ve already got enough to carry.
F’n Rubes Who Shovel S***, or Virtuous Manhood
The Tommy Shelbys and Nucky Thompsons of the world are parasites on the real men who make the world go round.
Let Slip the Dogs of Quarantine
Pet adoptions are way, way up. It makes a lot of sense- – what better time to welcome a furry new member to the family than when you’re off work and have plenty of time for the transition?
