A Veteran’s Day tale
*written in 1983 Jim Wade is my father. He was 12 when World War II began for the United States. Anyone who was alive then remembers…
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The write stuff
The understated excellence of the Montblanc 221 I’ve been a fountain pen fan since Christmas 1984, the year my brother gifted me a Montblanc “student”…
Basketball is back
November 9, 2021 Happy November! I decided to write something daily here all month... hope you'll stop by occasionally to see what’s on my mind.…
Excellent Media Experiences* Part II
* Before the Internet! Nov 8, 2021 Happy November Challenge, in which I resolve to write something daily all month long. Today it’s the second…
Words x 46
Capturing items that might otherwise be forgotten - trivial, funny, big - for 46 years Nov 7, 2021 On this day in 1975 I started…
The Young Man at 22
November 6, 2021 It’s Ben Wade‘s 22nd birthday today! I’m proud of my eldest, who has always shown poise, maturity and humor beyond his years.…
Sentimental Hygiene
November 4, 2021 It's November, I'm writing daily, and "sentimentalizing childhood memories" is what I've been up to in these pages so far. So, let’s…
Excellent Media Experiences* Part I
*Pre-Internet November 3, 2021 Back in July, my buddy Eric and I started a discussion of “media things” that existed in the 1970s and 80s.…
Zeke and MJ: Before the freezeout
November 2, 2021 After my sophomore year at Indiana (1984), I stayed in Bloomington for the summer. While working a paid internship for the IU…
A November challenge
November 1, 2021 Happy November! Sometimes when focused on multiple projects, it’s helpful to push yourself a step or two beyond… to get past the…
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