Monthly Archives: August 2018

Mom: 8/24/1918 – 1/23/2000

Today is my mother’s centenary.  She was born less than three months before the end of World War I.  And 1918 was far closer to the 19th century and the Victorian Age than the instant connectivity of the 21st.  It … Continue reading

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“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

Fred Rogers ~ 1928 – 2003 Mr. Roger’s was a quirky, genteel one-of-a-kind champion of childhood and a balm for a time like now. He openly displayed qualities deeply needed for our era of self-righteous  incivility, terminal divisiveness and outright … Continue reading

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