Yesteryear

Saxon merino ram, Steve Lovegrove. How does someone with no large animal experience catch a Merino sheep? Writer Nick Thomas recalls his own experience chasing down a ram.
Nick Thomas

Ram on the Run

A memorable encounter with a lost Merino sheep

By Nick Thomas | March 20, 2023
Some toys hold a special place in our hearts, stirring warm memories, including special dolls from childhood: troll dolls and Hansel and Gretel.
From Our Readers

Special Dolls from Childhood

Recalling toys that held a fond place in the reader’s heart

By Julia Nunnally Duncan | March 15, 2023
Menokin, an 18th-century plantation and home of Francis Lightfoot Lee. Includes a tour on the Revolutionary Women of Menokin and examines the lives of the enslaved people.
History

Revolutionary Women of Menokin Tour

Learn about the women of this 18th-century plantation

By Annie Tobey | March 14, 2023
Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and R2-D2, looking at a hologram in the movie "Star Wars." For article on five movies that predicted the future and what they predicted.
Nostalgia

Five Movies That Predicted the Future

And the technology that came to be

March 7, 2023
My rock ’n’ roll moment, Phil Perkins
From Our Readers

My Rock ’n’ Roll Moment

Memories of youthful aspirations

By Phil Perkins | March 6, 2023
African American Baseball
History

Depths of Resilience, Heights of Achievement

Insights in African-American History

By Rachel Marsh | February 10, 2023
Gary Lewis & the Playboys, 1996, by Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
Music

Gary Lewis & the Playboys Today

Still bringing back music of the ’60s

By Nick Thomas | February 6, 2023
A scene from the original New York production of Grease, Adrienne Barbeau in center - provided by book publisher. Did you know that the popular 1978 musical “Grease” was preceded by a Chicago musical theater production? Adrienne Barbeau, who played Rizzo in “Grease” in this premiere production, co-edited a book that goes behind the scenes of this early phenom.
Nick Thomas

Adrienne Barbeau and the Original ‘Grease’

She was Rizzo before Stockard Channing was

By Nick Thomas | January 23, 2023
young boy sitting on stone steps. by Tatiana Bobkova. As Boomer reader R.G. Begora recalls his childhood, he recalls several tales that make him seem like a bad boy … or a dumb kid. Perhaps you can relate!
From Our Readers

The Day My Mom Threatened to Call the FBI on Me

Was he a ‘bad boy’? You make the call!

By R.G. Begora | January 17, 2023
Billy Mumy and Jonathan Harris in "Lost in Space." “Danger, Will Robinson: The Full Mumy” – actor Billy Mumy has written a memoir on his life and career and the filming of “Lost in Space.”
Books

‘Danger, Will Robinson’: A Memoir

Bill Mumy, more than ‘Lost in Space’

By Nick Thomas | January 9, 2023

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