Neil Howe, a celebrated historian and author of numerous books on generations, has penned an opinion editorial for the Washington Post about the fascinating and controversial White House link to his seminal work, The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy – What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny. The book, which was […]
Tiffanie Dark’s Gen X Memoir: Now We Are 40, Whatever Happened To Generation X?
Tiffanie Darke, a British writer, has penned a new memoir, Now We Are 40: Whatever Happened To Generation X? Published by Harper Collins, the book play mostly to a British audience, highlighting cultural touchstones most familiar to Gen-Xers who grew up in the United Kingdom. The book will be available on Amazon on February 23. The […]
25th Anniversary of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland. Shouldn’t I have written about this before August? Probably. I bought Generation X back in 1991. When I showed the book to my dad, he talked to me about the importance of connecting with my generation. This conversation, […]
Alligator Candy and Other Gen X Conversations
National Geographic’s Generation X special brought a lot of new traffic to my blog via Google search. Also, a recent BuzzFeed article gave me a nice shout-out. Unfortunately, at precisely the same time, I lacked the will and inspiration to write anything at all. I didn’t even post Easter pictures, which I’ve done every year since I started blogging. […]
Harrowing Photos of the Post-Industrial World of the 1970s and 80s
The first hint I had about the growing post-industrial wastelands of my youth came from music. The first was in 1984 with My Hometown from Springsteen’s Born in the USA album. The second was from Life In A Northern Town by Dream Academy. Springsteen’s narrative about a rug mill that closed in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, […]
Finding Winnie | Winnie-the-Pooh Bear’s Amazing Connection to World War I
Lindsay Mattick’s great-grandfather was on his way to fight in World War I when he bought a bear cub he named Winnie. The event inspired author A.A. Milne to create the timeless character Winnie-the-Pooh. Now, Mattick has chronicled the real-life story behind the bear. Mattick, 37, wanted to tell her young son the peculiar tale […]
My Yellow Balloon: A Story About Love, Loss and Letting Go
I remember those days when I was six and eight and 10. The world was not so cruel, even if I was young and full of worry. Days when I was easily lost in stories and films. Nothing compares to those days. The teacher rolled a cart with a projector into the classroom, fiddled with […]