Today, my daughter Bridgy was an altar server for the first time. I posted a picture on Instagram to commemorate the occasion. Church has been a part of my life since before I was born. The older I get, the more I enjoy it, but I still get nostalgic for the past. I...
Gen-X Memoir: Overeducated, Underemployed It was not the life I planned, but the life I feared. Graduating college with loads of debt and job prospects that were no better than what I could have gotten straight out of high school. I rarely thought of these things...
I took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom at night --From R.E.M. and The Flowers of Guatemala Summers During College During the summer of 1986 (or was it 1987?) I lived with...
I thought I'd read everything there was to read about the career trajectory of Generation X, but this post took me by surprise. It's about aging professors and a thin pipeline of Gen Xers readied to replace them in colleges across the nation. Essentially, as the...
My thrift store adventures began in 1975 at the downtown Goodwill in Colorado Springs. My father took me often where I found many wonderful treasures, many of which annoyed my mom. My dad would buy me dirty teddy bears and dolls with matted hair. Whatever piece of...