I was small for my age and rarely smiled at the camera. Not because I was unhappy, but because I didn’t know that little girls were suppose to perform like that I guess. Nobody in my family told me to act dainty. Plus, it was before all the digital screens that show people pictures of […]
Smarsh and Hollis: Two Gen-X Memoirs
Rare Pictures: Gen-X Seacoalers Harvested Coal on England’s Beaches in the 1970s, 80s
The men are taking young Simon out to sea to ensure he does not become fearful of the sea because his father was drowned three weeks previously…I don’t know if I should use these photographs or how I can use these photographs. I’m not sure what use they are.” Chris Killip, Photographer, Harvard Professor In the 1970s and 80s, […]
A Year Without My Mother
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10 A year ago yesterday, my mother passed away. Today, I have lived a year without her. No hell I’ve gone through in my life can compare to this loss. I have her […]
Dancerella Doll: Christmas 1978
DANCERELLA Dancerella, Dancerella dancing ballet! You can make a spin when violins begin to play! 1 Christmas 1978: DancerellaChristmas 1978, the Dancerella doll was the hot item. I still have the jingle dancing through my head: “Dancerella, Dancerella dancing ballet! You can make a spin when violins begin to play! (Photo Source: Malindo via Twitter) […]
Christmas 1978 and Gen-X Relics From 40 Years Ago
CHRISTMAS 1978 Life was so much easier, forty years ago… 1 1970s CHRISTMAS TREE DRIPPING IN K-MART TINSELThis was Christmas 40 years ago for a couple of Gen-X brothers. I love the granny-square Christmas stockings, the rust shag carpet, the TV on the rolling cart and all the other Gen-X relics in this 35 mm […]