George "Meadowlark" Lemon of Harlem Globetrotters fame has died at 83. The "dazzling court jester" was also known as the clown prince of basketball. Those of us who grew up in the 1970s watching Saturday morning TV will remember him well. He starred not only in the...
Take a moment and listen to this beautiful song, When I'm Gone, by Joey Feek. Feek is half of the Joey + Rory bluegrass duo. Feek has cervical cancer and has entered hospice. CNN: Vaccine Too Late for Generation X Virtually all cervical cancer is caused by HPV, which...
Yesterday, was the 30th anniversary of the death of Samantha Smith. In 1983, Smith, an American schoolgirl, wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov, the Soviet Prime Minister. Dear Mr. Andropov, My name is Samantha Smith. I am ten years old. Congratulations on your new job. I...
Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa: a Silent Generation - Generation X Combo. Rest in Peace, Joan Rivers (1933-2014). Melissa Rivers was born in 1968.
This week Robin Williams passed away. I will always remember him best for his role on Mork and Mindy. He inspired a big fashion trend that dominated my junior high years -- rainbow suspenders. My friend Shona had a pair! The following is an exchange from a Mork and...
I am so wise to think love will prevail. I am so wise. -- Rebecca Schaeffer, 1989 Tomorrow, July 18, 2014, is the 25th anniversary of the death of Rebecca Schaeffer. Schaeffer was a 21-year-old Hollywood actress and model who was gunned down in the doorway of her...
...And in our haste To grow up too soon We left our innocence On Desert Moon We were dreamers Only dreamers... From DeYoung and Desert Moon I was 22 months old in July 1969, when Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. He died yesterday at the age of 82. When...
There in the Sahara winds Jesus heard the whole world cry For the healing that would flow from His own scars From Mullins and My Deliverer World AIDS Day was December 1. I wanted to write something about it, but I had no inspiration until this morning when I...
Death is an invitation like no other. The loss of a life calls us into retrospection, introspection and examination of reality-as-time. When Michael Jackson died in June, I suddenly remembered what I’d forgotten: how much I’d loved his music. The fancy glove, the...
Guest Post by Naomi Munn We of Generation X may whine about the suburban canned spaghetti we were forced to consume as our mothers left us alone; latchkey children babysat by the blue light of the television and imprisoned by the four walls of our sub-middle class...