Dear Nathan, When I was in first grade, I was 6 at the beginning of school in September and turned 7 in the middle of the year. That was in 1974. I lived in a town called Spencerport, NY, with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Katie. (Uncle Jim was not born yet!). We had…
And the children were nestled, all snug in their beds, while Daddy downed handfuls of greens and reds.
Seth Godin notes that when the first thing you do is measure a new opportunity against the list of why you can’t, then the list is the most important thing in your life. An economist would call this revealed preferences. Yep, my kids prevent me from giving up entirely when life seems unbearable,…
Check out this fantastic pic of a living insignia version of the 25th ID “Electric Strawberry” (yes, I know it’s a taro leaf). It comes, from ~1926, via Retronaut.