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A Decent Burial: an empty bed with rays of light to signify an elderly man's death at home
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‘A Decent Burial’: Short Fiction

Sibling jealousy can resurface, even at the end of life

By Chuck Teixeira | August 27, 2026
A 1950s family home on a summer day. It's gonna be a hot one, her mother said.
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‘It’s Gonna Be a Hot One’

Cicadas and memories and packing up ‘the house’

By Patricia Lampl | August 25, 2026
The Scott House in Richmond, Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Place. Home of the Edwardian lady, Elisabeth Scott Bocock. Image by Morgan Riley. Link to license in article
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Summoning an Edwardian Lady

Memories and visions from a stroll down West Franklin Street

By Martha Steger | August 18, 2026
a doctor's home visit in 1950s. ChatGPT image
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The Doctor’s Home Visit in 1957

My, how times have changed

By Roger Pierangelo | August 11, 2026
Two young female cousins gleefully eating watermelon slices, of family reunions and food. Denys Prokofyev
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Of Family Reunions and Food

Childhood summer and watermelon memories of 1956

By Carol Giuliani | August 4, 2026
Yoda figurine: Finding Your Force. Frank Engler
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Finding Your Force

Why didn’t anyone tell me this could happen?

By M.L. Jennings | July 28, 2026
A child's memories of the 1950s might include the so-called traditional family like this one: a stay-at-home mom with two kids as the dad leaves for work. Lightfieldstudiosprod
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Little Joanie’s Memories of the 1950s

Recalling a decade in her childhood

By Joan Benowitz | July 21, 2026
Beauty pageant lights. Nattawat Chearananta
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Beauty and the Bounce

Memories from a 1970s teen pageant

By Diane Dean-Epps | July 14, 2026
A hurricane or a Kona low on Hawaii or other tropical coastline. Ryan Deberardinis
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A Kona Low on the Hawaiian Paradise

The weather can wreak havoc on a vacation

By Patricia Lampl | July 7, 2026
Vacation adventures along Route 7 in Vermont
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A 1956 Vacation Adventure

To us, Route 7 was the only road in America

By Roger Pierangelo | June 30, 2026

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