Letters from May. Snips from letters I write to friends and family – a different look at lockdown under the pandemic.
Family
Foolish letters
Long letters to family and friend, cut down into bite-size nuggets for your dipping pleasure. These are from April, 2020.
Letters to my aunt
Letters helped me keep connected and burn off the anxiety that burbled during the first weeks of lockdown. Here are some excerpts.
Guest poetry today
Gene tries his hand at poetry, Keri tries hers at changing the world.
Quite a week.
What to be proud of in the USA, 2020 edition.
Guest Post today!
Gene M. Culver is the guest blogger today with a review of Ulysses S. Grant’s memoirs – sounds like a riveting read!
Mom’s day
An ode to Mom, to home, to our origins, to the love, humor, and delicious hamburgers that remind me who I am.
Day Sebenteen. No change.
Me and Dad, I love him 17 billion percent.
Mom’s nails
Mom had perfect fingernails. In the pic above we're comparing the paint job to the color of the marble in a Roman palace we visited when she was 72. Her nails were better. Always. No matter what was happening around her. What's more, she had the hands to go with them...
Guest post: Tear down that wall
Never thought you'd hear me quoting Reagan, did you? I'm full of surprises. But tearing down walls is not, prima facie, a bad thing. Today we have a guest post from my dad, Gene M. Culver, currently of St. Peters, Missouri. Dad was born in Los Angeles but grew up in...