Start writing about generational memory and you’ll need a shovel, then another shovel. Look into a family history and learn about angels and devils, but mostly angels if it’s told right. Why angels? Because the devils argue too much. They all say, “It wasn’t that bad.”
HEARTFELT TRIBUTES ON SOCIAL MEDIA? OR . . .
May 17, 2023 by
Heartfelt tributes come in a stunning array of mediums. The key is the message and who it’s for. You find the sweet tributes on Facebook, twitter, instagram, or all three and more. Delivering the heartfelt tributes has never been easier. It wasn’t always this way:
FAMILY HISTORY FROM BOTH SIDES
April 29, 2023 by
Family history comes in two varieties: The first: We don’t talk about that side of the family. The second: We can’t say enough about that side of the family. That’s the starting place for going off the rails.
RECORDING HISTORY LITTLE BY LITTLE
April 22, 2023 by
No one is recording history all at once. Those who try have a special name: kooks, nut cases, or bloggers. None of those names are a compliment, but I’m changing that little by little. Starting with:
FOOLED ONCE? FOOLED TWICE? WHAT’S NEXT
April 18, 2023 by
Fooled once happens to the best of us, and everyone else. Then you get fooled again and it’s different, but not for you because you might be blinded by love, money, power, then more love, more money, more power. If that’s your excuse, it’s not everyone’s. Love and power are nice, but the driver is, […]
PEARL HARBOR LAUNDRY ON THE LINE
March 28, 2023 by
Pearl Harbor laundry is the same as any laundry; wet stuff drying on a line. I saw laundry waving in the wind while touring the Ford Island with a Navy man. It was on the back porch of officers’ housing with their name and rank posted in front. A warm breeze furled family business better […]
WRITERS WRITE IT DOWN IN KOLOA TIME
March 22, 2023 by
Writers write no matter where they are. From Paris to London to Koloa, Kauai, I write it down. From North Bend to Portland to Tigard, I write it down. Is it a good idea? Or a waste of time?
INSIDE HISTORY? FIND AN INSIDER
March 10, 2023 by
How does anyone get the real story inside history? Read books, watch documentaries, tour museums? That’s a good start, and for many an end to the story. But what if you want more because you know there’s more out there?
WHAT A DOG HISTORY TIMELINE TELLS
March 2, 2023 by
Dog history means one thing: time is passing and it’s not slowing down. The cute puppy, so cute it hurts, is a running clock. Theirs and yours. And it all works together. How?
HISTORY CLASSES WITH PROFESSOR JOHNNY HORTON
February 23, 2023 by
Dear readers, history classes are more than remembering dates and kings and generals. I know this because college changed from that to a more comprehensive picture of time and event during my protracted historical education. The standard when I graduated in 1991 included three books: a novel of the times, one writer’s opinion in a […]
