Category Archives: Popular culture

My dad passed away on January 16th, 2022. He had been deteriorating since the past spring and ended peacefully on the night of the 22nd. I learned more about my dad through his blog, and perhaps that was his intent. … Continue reading →

My father had it; my mother did not. I inherited it and passed it on to one of my sons. The other son thinks we’re both crazy. It is a condition of restlessness; the feeling we have to move an … Continue reading →

I don’t know which is more surprising: that I sang at all (I cannot carry a recognizable tune) or that I sang a hymn (I am not religious). It must have been something my wife said because I started singing, … Continue reading →

We have good friends about our age, okay, maybe a little younger but definitely our generation, with a ten-year-old granddaughter, and they recently bought her an AM-FM radio at a second-hand store for $25. She love it and carries it … Continue reading →

When we were on our China tour several years ago, we met a Chinese husband and wife from California, somewhat younger than ourselves. They spoke perfect, unaccented English, and I never thought of them as anything but fellow Americans. Towards … Continue reading →

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We arrived early in the morning at the Great Wall. but the crowds with many vendors  were already there. Where the steps rose, the railing along the wall was set too low, and everyone struggled, both native Chinese and Americans. … Continue reading →

Kip Keino, the world-famous distant runner, the first runner from Africa who started a whole genre of rail-thin African distant runners, was back in the news. This was before the last Olympics, and the real news was about his son … Continue reading →

Years ago, we rented in Florida for the whole month of April. There, we met a former Freeholder from New Jersey. He told us the story of when he was chairing a public meeting on constructing a third water tower … Continue reading →