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 […]
Slug Races and the Alphabet of Bugs Book
Another school year has come to an end, and another summer is off to a roaring start — with slug races! Oh, the sweet memories I’ve made in the driveway of this old house. From snow sledding to chalk drawings, all three of my kids have grown up — up and down this little paved […]