I love to see my friends' vacation pictures on Facebook. In the years before social media, it was rare to see such pictures -- at least in my world. What about yours? I do recall my friend Sandy doing a slideshow of her trip to the Holy Land. That was around 1976. My...
Here is a series of photographs from the Nelson archive (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) that feature Gen-X babies and 1970s baby equipment. They underscore for me the work of the the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and how much products for infants have improved...
Sunday is Mother's Day. Do you have a favorite picture of your mother? Here is another beautiful picture of mothers from Nelson's photo archive, which he has generously shared with me. Nelson (who wishes to only be identified by his first name) worked as an accountant...
Nearly 20 years ago, my father gave my eldest daughter a beautiful book, Gems of Poetry. Today, I spent some time reading it and found this beautiful poem by Mary A. Ford, better known as Una. A Hundred Years From Now The surging sea of human life forever onward...