“I can recall, when a child, visiting some sections of the former city, where tenement houses existed, occupied by families who found it almost impossible to make ends meet. Women as well as men became discouraged, often times causing them to take to drink. They would also lower themselves in virtue in order to purchase an existence.” Bradford Peck, 1900, The World a Department Store, 57, Here Peck offers a description of the miserable existence of the working…
In the Preface and Prospectus of The World a Department Store, I came across this quote: “I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me, and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As…
Yesterday I printed, bound and cut. I printed and bound two copies of my thesis and cut two DVDs. It’s quaint that DVDs continue to be used as a delivery medium. I’ll deliver them on Thursday, when I have…
I’m wrapping up my MFA work. I completed my thesis defense last week and apparently all is good. I need to complete some minor edits, package it all up, and then I’m done. With luck that will be this week. Now…
It’s hard to believe. I have been retired 3-1/2 years. It seems like a lifetime. But a worthwhile time. I went to a friend’s retirement party last night. It was a chance to get together with past work-friends and catch…