Try Something New
Posted on April 30, 2015 by bob in EdNote
How is your mental acuity? Do common tasks you once did without thinking take longer to complete? There are numerous virtual programs that claim to improve your memory and sharpen your brain. To get my vote they’re going to have to provide more actual clinical research. However, there is much research about the value of […]
Our History in Pictures
Posted on April 1, 2015 by bob in EdNote
Photographs have always been a part of our lives, whether taking them or viewing them. We all remember our parents snapping away at family reunions and vacations, often to the embarrassment of us children. When George Eastman developed the “Kodak” — arguably the first consumer film camera — it ushered in an exciting era of […]
Editor’s Note
Posted on February 28, 2015 by bob in EdNote
Many of us who’ve lived in Montgomery for more than 50 years remember the Selma to Montgomery march, some as foot soldiers, others in a more tangential way. I remember the marchers coming to town — but not for any laudable reason, I hasten to add. At 12, the march seemed distant to me as […]
Remembering Valentine’s Day
Posted on January 31, 2015 by bob in EdNote
Not as thrilling as Christmas, or as exciting as Halloween, I always viewed St. Valentine’s Day as a charity holiday, thrown in to keep the winter blahs at bay. What’s more, with no school vacation (even the State Fair warranted a half-day off) and little commercial build-up (from a child’s perspective, at least) it seemed […]
Preserving A Holiday Tradition
Posted on November 30, 2014 by bob in EdNote
On Christmas Eve my mom and dad would pack my brother, sister and me into the car, load the trunk up with a menagerie of gifts wrapped in every imaginable style of Christmas paper, and journey for what seemed like an eternity to the homes of one of my Dad’s siblings. It was, without question, […]
Editor’s Note: The Customs We Keep
Posted on November 1, 2014 by bob in EdNote
The holiday countdown has begun, but I’m way ahead of schedule. My mind’s been filled with thoughts of family, festivities and traditions for weeks. Why? A cousin’s upcoming wedding that’s got big, fat and Greek written all over it. Opa! I can hardly wait. The preparations in Atlanta have been going on for months. For […]
Halloween: Costumes, Neighborhoods, Carnivals
Posted on October 4, 2014 by bob in EdNote
For Halloween each year my brother was a skeleton and I was a gypsy. It never occurred to me to ask for a new costume. As reasonable parents of the 1950s my folks would have said no, thinking the idea frivolous. My childhood friends also wore the same costumes year after year, and there was […]
Editor’s Note: Sept. 2014
Posted on August 30, 2014 by bob in EdNote
I blame it on The Capri. After all, who cooks 13 meals in five hours during one afternoon? Moreover, why? The second answer’s the easier one. As I write this in late August, we’re anticipating the birth of Grandchild #2. We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl (yay for fun surprises!) and […]
Your Life, In Pictures
Posted on August 1, 2014 by bob in EdNote
I bought my first 35mm camera when I was 23. Like our August cover, Twinkle Smith, I was introduced to the hobby by my dad. A twin-lens reflex model, Pop’s camera never met a family vacation, wedding, or friendly gathering it didn’t like. “One day, you’ll be happy you have all these pictures,” he often […]
Destin: Not All Fun & Games
Posted on June 30, 2014 by bob in EdNote
If you mentioned the name “Destin” to me as a child, I’d throw a fit. Not a big fit; those weren’t allowed. More a a quiet fit my parents rarely paid attention to. Why couldn’t we go to Panama City, Pensacola, or Miami (the only other Florida destinations I knew)? Why wasn’t there a more […]
