19th Century Day
I was born 22,314 days ago. 22,314 days before that it was still the 19th century.
Read moreCategory Archives: Life/Times
What Would Grandmother’s Job Be?
What would my grandmother’s career have been if she’d had the educational opportunities I did.
Read moreAncestry DNA Results and My Mystery Grandmother
Fascinating. To me, anyway… I just got the results back on my Ancestry DNA test.* I suppose mine are like everybody’s: they confirmed a lot of what I already knew and also threw a couple little curves at me. A slight preface: My family has always been working folks and while official records exist, our oral history was longer on
Read moreWatching the Wheels
NOTE: I penned this a few months ago but never posted it. I’m now in deep enough to see some of the warts, and COVID certainly does northing to make you feel secure. But I was right. And that feels really good. _____ Finally, I’m off the merry-go-round. “Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game…” A
Read moreFrom Norris to winterSmith: A Long Quest for Identity
One of the first things my parents did when I was born was saddle me with the wrong name: Norris Gilmer Smith, Jr.
Read moreEpitaph
I can’t decide what to have them put on my tombstone. Advice? 1: He was a simple country boy. 2: The world ends not with a bang Not even a whimper But with ellipses… 3: He was a blind man playing tag with ninjas in the dark
Read moreJane is gone
My mother could be … difficult.
Read moreDenver RTD: is this how you treat disabled passengers?
Had a rough start to my day. Has anyone else had a similar experience on the RTD?
Read moreI’m a Loser, and I’m okay with it
My journey from dead-end Cluelessness to the pursuit of happiness…
Read moreColumbine: 4.20.19
Remembering…
Read moreColumbine: it was 20 years ago today
It’s been 20 years. I’m not sure I have anything new to say. On April 20, 1999, at 11:19am MDT, the world changed.
Read moreI can’t go home again
What was that thing Thomas Wolfe said….
Read moreArtSunday: It’s time for Everything is a Photograph Day #eiapd
What do you do when you live in Denver, Colorado and you can’t think of a thing to photograph?
Read moreThe hope interval: what is happiness?
I have launched myself headlong into the hope interval. As always, the cynic in me is now at war with the romantic.
Read moreHappy freaking birthday, geezer: job hunting and ageism
Job hunting is hard, and a lot harder once you hit 50. It’s important to keep your head up and stay focused on your value, but only hiring companies can actually do something about the very real problem of ageism.
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