This is from a blog post I wrote on Sept. 11, 2006 on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. My Sept. 11 memory I still can’t believe it’s been five years. I lived in Arlington, Va., close to the Pentagon at the time. That’s when my newspaper’s headquarters was based there. I remember a … Continue reading
The New York Times reported Feb. 6, 2015 that parents, teachers and toy-makers discourage girls from getting into math and science. I never saw myself as being particularly good in either subject and I try not to relay this to my daughter Torie. But I’ve been able to follow her fourth-grade assignments so far. Phew! … Continue reading
Pass the soul food, not for the Super Bowl party, but for Black History Month. This celebration began in February 1976 when I was in fourth grade at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in the Germantown section of Philadelphia. Back then we had a mix of kids in our class: black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Haitian. It … Continue reading
It was a completely pleasant surprise one night to go into work at USA TODAY and see portions of the Hard Rock Cafe traveling memorabilia exhibits. So I happily started snapping photos with my iPhone. I wish that I had posted this earlier because these great exhibits have already visited New York, Philadelphia, Florida, Boston … Continue reading
It’s WordPress Daily Post’s Phoneography Challenge and it’s certainly a challenge from my phone. First all I published was one photo, when I wanted to do narrative and a series of photos. Typing on my iPhone 4S when I’m rushing and getting frustrated doesn’t help my spelling, but autocorrect was a little help. No matter … Continue reading
Some people in the Washington, D.C., region are complaining that our predicted “Snowquester” was a “Noquester” or “Flurryquester.” I think that we’ve had plenty of snow over the past few years here and deserve a break. Snow Day © by Sam D Snow is falling to the ground Piling up in enormous mounds School is … Continue reading
Want to inject some fun into your annual season of Lenten sacrifice, penance and service? Well, Lent Madness offers a tournament of “saints” that works just like the NCAA basketball March Madness brackets. On each weekday of Lent, information is posted on http://www.LentMadness.org about two different saints, then participants vote to determine who goes on … Continue reading
