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The Truth about taxes
Tax season. That time of year when we settle up with the U.S. Treasury, via the Internal Revenue Service, and scratch our heads at where it all went. Local, school, personal property, municipal, state and the big one, federal, all chip away at our earnings…
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disjointed clips imitate life
It came to me as 400-foot reel of 16mm, silent, black-and-white film a decade ago. A friend had purchased it at an estate sale, but lacking a projector, passed it on to me. I love old film. It is like getting a gift from the…
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A gift awaiting unwrapping
Most Christmas gifts have been unwrapped by now, but chances are there is box of gifts remaining behind in (hopefully) a bedroom closet, awaiting someone to unwrap them—again. I’m talking about a box of home movies. The motion picture record of your family’s past: Stories…