P.S. Mining in Colorado, 1951

Memories elicit memories, in listeners and readers as well as in the one who tells the stories or writes them Continue reading →

Colorado Legacy: My “Subject Minerals”

In a strange turn of events, I recently received more than $5,000 as a “signing bonus” for leasing to an Continue reading →

On Food: From Tuna Fish Casserole to the Age of Arugula

I have long believed that the opening salvo of second-wave feminism was fired in 1960, several years ahead of its Continue reading →

P.S. Not So Silent

Memory can take you in unexpected directions. I wrote recently about student summer travel in the 1950s, and after the Continue reading →

Happy Birthday from Barcelona

I would have loved a birthday text from my granddaughter under any circumstances, and I was especially pleased with a Continue reading →

Generations

My generation, born between 1928 and 1945, was identified as Silent when many of us were still too young to Continue reading →

In & Out: The Generations Gap

My granddaughter wants pajama pants for her birthday. That sounds OK, but I remember giving her some fairly recently, maybe Continue reading →

“Madly for Adlai”

I cast my first vote for Adlai Stevenson in 1956 and worked in his campaign, knocking on doors, stuffing envelopes, Continue reading →