Democracy over Fascism: “I hope you haven’t neglected sending in your ballot”
Yesterday I, like millions other Americans, cast my ballot in the midterm elections and then waited anxiously into the evening for the results to roll in. With this year’s Supreme … Continue reading
November 9, 2022 · 2 Comments
Polio Vaccines and Cottage Cheese
Below is a V-Mail from this day 69 years ago. Sometimes, what I can learn from one casual line in these letters simply astounds me. This V-mail was sent to … Continue reading
January 26, 2013 · Leave a comment
That’s me pushing a broom
This letter is from the U.S. Naval Training Station in Sampson, New York. Alex wrote it to Sylvia in 1943. My darling A week from today I’ll be in your … Continue reading
July 29, 2010 · 2 Comments
Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! I really mean that. I like to think that I refrain from giving in to commercially based holidays but once they arrive I can’t help but get swept up in … Continue reading
May 9, 2010 · 3 Comments
