Month: June 2024

Bratty NostalgiaBratty Nostalgia

VHS, cassettes, Walkmans, MTV when the M stood for Music, Jell-O Pudding Pops, and of course, the Brat Pack. Born in 1977, I was of the youngest ones who lived through the Brat Pack days. And pop culture at the

American BeautyAmerican Beauty

“My name is Lester Burnham. This is my neighborhood. This is my street. This is my life. I’m 42 years old. In less than a year, I’ll be dead. Of course, I don’t know that yet. And in a way,

Everyone Has a StoryEveryone Has a Story

Browsing through Barnes and Nobles’ biography shelves over the holiday weekend, I was awed by the array of stories, that between each spine held a life, or at least part of it. We read these biographies and memoirs for a

Cemetery’s ChristmasCemetery’s Christmas

Memorial Day is a cemetery’s Christmas with its festive décor and visits from family. It’s the one time of year when we openly pay tribute to the burial grounds of generations past. Every Memorial Day, I visit the cemetery in