By Linda Howard Clark
[Momoir: a built-in auto-focus on your busy, sometimes blurry life
It brings a sharpness and clarity to events that otherwise tend to blend together. It captures details better than any photograph.]
My daughter Charlotte Spring Clark came to us within the same week that my mother died. She was born in Charleston South Carolina […]

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By Gary Geyer
Seventy-six million children-a third of the United States‘ population, were born between 1946 and 1964.
The photography industry, the shoe industry, and the Band Aid industry were among countless others that came along for the ride. The marketplace was bombarded with kids’ products. Hula-Hoops, Slinkies and tricycles were everywhere.
Alien Ancestors
The parents and […]

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By Gary Geyer
The year was 1969… Howie and I felt old
We had gone to Woodstock as adults, not hippie kids. We had planned for the concert weeks in advance; we had tickets and a place to stay. When we drove there on Friday afternoon the traffic was backed up forever. We got as close as […]

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By Abe Geyer
On January 16, 1920, one of America’s favorite pastimes, beer drinking, came to a halt. It remained that way for thirteen years. Then, on April 7, 1933, the 18th amendment was repealed, and prohibition was over.
After thirteen years of being deprived of the good stuff, real beer was coming back.

Sixty-nine years ago, the […]

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by Gary Geyer

To refresh your memory, a third of the US population —76 million of us– were born between 1946 and 1964. We were the “baby boomers.”
Boomers had monumental effect on virtually every American institution throughout their lives such as media, education, politics and consumerism.
We were a force to be reckoned with.
What […]

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