Memorial Day. Jeny and I watched the national tribute to veterans on Memorial Day. I thought it was an outstanding tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces without glorifying war. Several of the tributes brought tears to both of us. Many of you celebrate your own losses Read more…
Uvalde in Perspective. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas where 19 children died in a school shooting. The single spectacular event was indeed a tragedy, a travesty. May 24, 2022, remains an infamous day of pictures, names, stories, and later the funerals. The Read more…
Mother’s Day. I hope everyone had a great Mother’s Day. We had a special one. Jeny was able to see both sons, two grandsons and one daughter-in-law. She had calls and texts from the other grandchildren. She heard from the other daughter-in-law, our son-in-law and his wife, two sisters-in-law, nieces Read more…
Pulitzer. I never experienced regional bigotry until I moved to Alabama. The reality of prejudgments about and stereotyping of Alabama have been common experiences. Jeny and I have observed the bigotry in the media and in person. For example, Jeny was installing a computer system in a hospital in Connecticut. Read more…
We have out of town guests, so my blog is brief this week. Odds and ends: What a Black man discovered when he met the White mother he never knew (msn.com) McWorter Part 3. McWorter’s second of three big questions is — “Why do they get away with it?” His Read more…