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"…

Continue reading → The write stuff

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.…

Continue reading → Basketball is back

* Before the Internet! Nov 8, 2021 Happy November Challenge, in which I resolve to write something daily all month long. The second installment of…

Continue reading → Excellent Media Experiences* Part II: Magazines

Capturing items that might otherwise be forgotten - trivial, funny, big - for 46 years Nov 7, 2021 On this day in 1975 I started…

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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.…

Continue reading → The Young Man at 22

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…

Continue reading → Sentimental Hygiene

*Pre-Internet November 3, 2021 My buddy Eric and I started a discussion of “media things” that existed in the 1970s and 80s: technologies, events and…

Continue reading → Excellent Media Experiences* Part I: Buying an album

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…

Continue reading → Zeke and MJ: Before the freezeout

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…

Continue reading → A November challenge

  Reflecting on 2020 "The dogs may bark, but the caravan moves on." Change moves us forward in ways we can never imagine. The stress…

Continue reading → Train kept a rollin’